World Atlas 2010 (4th edition)

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INDIAN

Arabian

Sea

Gulf

of

Mannar

Kavaratti I.

Minicoy I.

Ihavananthapuram

Atoll

Kolhumadulu Atoll

Huvadhu Atoll

Amíndívi Is.

Kalpeni I.

W e s t e r n G h a t s

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Tamil

Nadu

Karnátaka

Lakshadweep

(part of India)

INDIA

MALDIVES

MALE’

Thiruvananthapuram /

Tivandrum

Kochi / Cochin Madurai

Coimbatore

BangaloreVellore

Hyderábád

Solápur

Hubli

Pune

Mumbai

(Bombay)

Anantapur

Kurnool

Kozhikode / Calicut

Tiruchchi-

ráppalli

Mysore

KalyánNánded

Salem

Nágercoil

Mangalore

Pánáji

Nizámábád

Belgaum

Ernákulam

Dávangere

There are over 1300 islands in the Maldives

but only about 200 are inhabited. All the

islands are low-lying, none rising more

than 6 ft (1.8m) above sea level.

The Mumbai (Bombay) movie industry, known as

Bollywood, makes around 900 films each year,

compared to Hollywood's 100, making it the most

prolific film-producing country in the world.

The word ghats, literally “stairs that

descend to a river,” refers to the

stair-like appearance of the slopes

of the Western Ghats mountain

range, as they descend to

the coastal plain.

ABCD

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103

116

55

123

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0 miles 300

300

SOUTH & EAST ASIA

Southern India & Sri Lanka