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The India–Nepal border is an open international boundary running between the republics of India and Nepal. The 1,751 km (1,088.02 mi) long border includes the Himalayan territories as well as Indo-Gangetic Plain of the subcontinent. [1] The current border was delimited after the Sugauli treaty of 1816 between Nepal and the British Raj.
Building dams in Nepal is controversial due to seismic activity, glacial lake formation, sedimentation rates, and cross-border equity issues between India and Nepal. Nepal's land cover is dominated by forests, which cover 39.09% of the country's total geographical area, followed by agriculture areas at 29.83%.
Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are the states which share the border with Bhutan. [18] The border with Nepal runs 1,751 km (1,088 mi) along the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India. [1] Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim are the states which share the border with Nepal. [19]
India shares land borders with six sovereign nations. The state's Ministry of Home Affairs also recognizes a 106 kilometres (66 mi) land border with a seventh nation, Afghanistan, as part of its claim on the Kashmir region; however, this is disputed and the region bordering Afghanistan has been administered by Pakistan as part of Gilgit-Baltistan since 1947 (see Durand Line).
It encompasses northern and eastern India, eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal, and almost all of Bangladesh. Its stretches from the Himalayas in the north to the Vindhyas and Satpura and the Chota Nagpur Plateau in the south in the south, and extends from North East India in the east to the Iranian border in the west. The region is home to many ...
North India has the state with highest GDP per capita in the Indian Union was Goa in 2021. Other North Indian states which follow are Haryana and Gujarat. North India also has the state with the highest GDP in India which is Maharashtra. [162] Chandigarh has the highest per-capita State Domestic Product (SDP) of any Indian union territory. [163]
North of Shimla, halfway between Shimla and Manali. Jelep La: Sikkim: 14,300 ft (4,400 m) On India-China border, halfway between Shillong in India and Doklam in Bhutan. Kalindi Pass: Uttarakhand: 19,521 ft (5,950 m) Heavily glaciated out-of-the-way off-road pass northeast of Guptakashi and southwest of Kedarnath. Karakoram Pass (Qara Tagh La ...
Depending on definition, it covers some or all of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and India (specifically North India and Northeast India), and Pakistan. [1] Ethnolinguistically , northern South Asia is predominantly Indo-Aryan , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] along with Iranic populations in Afghanistan and Balochistan , and diverse ...