Theme: Management of water in irrigated systems including conjunctive use of surface and ground water and command area development.

India

<p><strong>Geography</strong></p> <p>Located in the northern hemisphere, India is a south-Asian country with a total area of about 3.3 MSqKm making it the largest peninsula and the seventh-largest country in the world. India shares her border with Pakistan in the northwest; China, Nepal, and Bhutan in the north; and, Myanmar and Bangladesh in the northeast. The geographical coordinates of India are between 8°4’ and 37°6’ latitudes north of the Equator, and 68° 7’and 97° 25’ longitudes east of standard meridian. India can be divided into four regions: the great mountain zone, plains of the Ganga and the Indus, the desert region, and the southern peninsula.</p> <p><br /> <strong>Population and land use</strong></p> <p ...Read more