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Map of Maharashtra. The word Maharashtra, the land of the mainly Marathi-speaking people, appears to be derived from Maharashtri, an old form of Prakrit.Some believe that the word indicates that it was the land of the Mahars and the Rattas, while others consider it to be a corruption of the term 'Maha Kantara' (the Great Forest), a synonym for 'Dandakaranya'. [1]
Maharashtra with a total area of 307,713 km 2 (118,809 sq mi), is the third-largest state by area in terms of land area and constitutes 9.36% of India's total geographical area. The State lies between 15°35' N to 22°02' N latitude and 72°36' E to 80°54' E longitude.
Location of Maharashtra. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Maharashtra: Maharashtra – state in the western region of India and is India's third-largest state by area and is also the world's second-most populous sub-national entity. It has over 120 million inhabitants and its capital, Mumbai, has a ...
Maharashtra geography stubs (6 C, 115 P) Pages in category "Geography of Maharashtra" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
As per a broader geographical definition, the region consists of the peninsular tableland lying to the south of the Tropic of Cancer, marked by the Vindhya-Satpura ranges in the north. [37] The Deccan is a plateau region extending over an area of 422,000 km 2 (163,000 sq mi) and occupies the majority of the Indian peninsula .
The average width of the plains vary between 50–100 km (31–62 mi). It traverses the states of Gujarat, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and Puducherry . [3] [4] It is narrower than the Eastern Coastal Plains and both the coastal plains meet at Kaniyakumari. [5]
In western India, the Kutch region in Gujarat and Koyna in Maharashtra are classified as a Zone IV region (high risk) for earthquakes. The Kutch city of Bhuj was the epicentre of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake , which claimed the lives of more than 1,337 people and injured 166,836 while destroying or damaging near a million homes. [ 51 ]
This category contains articles about geographical indications in Maharashtra, a state of India. Pages in category "Geographical indications in Maharashtra" ...