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Geography Stats: compare key data on India & Jersey

Definitions

  • Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Area > Comparative to US places: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
  • Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Area > Land > Per capita: Total land area in square kilometres Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Area > Water: Total water area in square kilometers
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Land use > Arable land: The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Maritime claims > Territorial sea: territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the LOS Convention (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
  • Elevation extremes > Lowest point: This entry is derived from Geography > Elevation extremes, which includes both the highest point and the lowest point.
  • Population density: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
  • Map references: The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
  • Land use > Other: The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc.
  • Land use > Permanent crops: The percentage share of used land on which permanent crops are grown. This is land cultivated for crops that are not replanted after each harvest like citrus, coffee, and rubber. It includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
  • Google Street View, year added: Year in which country was first covered by Google Street View.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
  • Marine Coastline: Length of each country's coastline in kilometers.
  • Area > Water > Per capita: Total water area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Area > Total > Per capita: Total area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
STAT India Jersey HISTORY
Area > Comparative slightly more than one-third the size of the US about two-thirds the size of Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places slightly more than one-third the size of the US about two-thirds the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land 2.97 million sq km
Ranked 8th. 25631 times more than Jersey
116 sq km
Ranked 214th.

Area > Land > Per capita 2.59 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 195th. 2 times more than Jersey
1.27 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 211th.

Area > Total 3.29 million sq km
Ranked 8th. 28338 times more than Jersey
116 sq km
Ranked 224th.

Area > Water 314,070 sq km
Ranked 4th.
0.0
Ranked 234th.

Climate varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north temperate; mild winters and cool summers
Coastline 7,000 km
Ranked 20th. 100 times more than Jersey
70 km
Ranked 171st.

Elevation extremes > Highest point Kanchenjunga 8,598 m unnamed elevation 143 m
Geographic coordinates 20 00 N, 77 00 E 49 15 N, 2 10 W
Land use > Arable land 47.87%
Ranked 5th.
0.0
Ranked 233th.

Location Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France
Natural hazards droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes NA
Natural resources coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, rare earth elements, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land arable land
Terrain upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nautical mile
Ranked 79th. 4 times more than Jersey
3 nautical mile
Ranked 198th.

Elevation extremes > Lowest point Indian Ocean 0 m Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Population density 336.62 people per sqkm
Ranked 32nd.
773.46 people per sqkm
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than India
Map references Asia Europe
Land use > Other 48.39%
Ranked 236th.
100%
Ranked 23th. 2 times more than India

Land use > Permanent crops 3.74%
Ranked 64th.
0.0
Ranked 231st.

Google Street View, year added 2,012
Ranked 19th. The same as Jersey
2,011
Ranked 41st.
Note dominates South Asian subcontinent; near important Indian Ocean trade routes; Kanchenjunga, third tallest mountain in the world, lies on the border with Nepal largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier
Marine Coastline 7,000 km
Ranked 20th. 100 times more than Jersey
70 km
Ranked 171st.
Area > Water > Per capita 273.87 sq km per 1 million peo
Ranked 70th.
0.0
Ranked 208th.
Area > Total > Per capita 2.86 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 200th. 2 times more than Jersey
1.27 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 215th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; Heal The World Foundation.; Wikipedia: Google Street View (Coverage); CIA Factbook: List of countries by coastline size

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