X-FACTORS OF OUR INDIA:
a try from my side by referring \”the week\” to sum up the extreme places of india..
METAL DETRACTOR:
v MOST CORROSIVE PLACE IN INDIA:
Ø Shriharikota off the Andhra coast
v RATE OF CORROSIVENESS:
Ø 1.6mm of an iron bar in a year.
v TEMPERATURE:
Ø Always hot peeking at 45 degrees Celsius in summer.
v IMPORTANCE:
Ø Home to india’s only satellite launch centre
v HOW TO GET THERE:
Ø 80 km from Chennai and nearest station is sulurpet
LINES BY ANCESTORS:
v OLDEST HUMAN IMPRINT:
Ø Bhimbetka, MADHYA PRADESH
v ALTITUDE:
Ø 267 mts.
v HOW TO REACH:
Ø One hour drive from bhopal
v SEASON TO VISIT:
Ø Monsoon and winter
SURVIVAL AT -45 DEGREES:
v COLDEST INHABITED PLACE:
Ø Drass, JAMMU n KASHMIR
v ELEVATION:
Ø 3230 mts. Above sea level
v MINIMUM TEMPERATURE:
Ø -45 degree Celsius, with a record of -60 degrees in 1995
v TIME TO VISIT:
Ø Area get cutoff by October. Either locals or army men allowed during the winters. Tourist season is may and September
LAND SWIMMING UNDER WATER:
v LOWEST LYING AREA:
Ø Kuttanad, KERALA
v ELEVATION:
Ø 2.2 mts. Below sea level
v TIME TO VISIT:
Ø Monsoons when water level rises
v HOW TO REACH:
Ø 90 mints by road and 40 mins by speedboat from KOCHI
WAITING FOR THE WATER DROPLET:
v DRIEST PLACE:
Ø Jaisalmer, RAJASTHAN
v ELEVATION:
Ø 229 mts. Above sea level
v RAINFALL:
Ø 12.4 mm of rainfall this season
v TIME TO VISIT:
Ø For extreme heat visit in may or june. Tourist months are October to march
v HOW TO REACH:
Ø Six hour drive from jodhpur along NH-14 n NH-15
SHARP ON TIME:
v MOST PRECISE:
Ø IST timeline passes through mirzapur, U.P.
v ELEVATION:
Ø 80 mts. Above sea level
v VISITING TIME:
Ø October to march
v WAY TO REACH:
Ø 2 hour drive from Varanasi along NH-2 and NH-7
WATER WATER EVERY WERE:
v WETTEST PLACE ON EARTH:
Ø Mawsynram, MEGHALAYA
v ANNUAL PRECIPITATION:
Ø 11,872 mm. it received 26,000 mm of rain in 1985
v TIME TO VISIT:
Ø monsoon
v HOW TO REACH:
Ø 3-4 hrs. of scenic drive from shillong.
MID-POINT OF NO MAN’S LAND:
v UNPOPULAR CENTRE POINT:
Ø Centre point of india,karondi village,MADHYA PRADESH
v CO-ORDINATES:
Ø 23 degree 30 minute 48 second NORTH, 80 degrees 19 minutes 53 seconds east
v ELEVATION:
Ø 390 mts above sea level
v WAY TO REACH:
Ø 65 km. road trip with dirt track from Jabalpur
SHRINKING LAND:
v LARGEST RIVERINE ISLAND:
Ø Majauli,ASSAM
v TOTAL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA:
Ø 1256 sq. km.
v TIME TO VISIT:
Ø To see migratory words, in winter and monsoon to experience the x-factor
v WAY TO REACH:
Ø Few hour ferry ride from nimatighat, the river port 12km away from jorhat town
DEADLY POISON:
v MOST POLLUTED:
Ø Vapi, GUJARAT
v ELEVATION:
Ø 25 Mts. Above sea level
v WAY TO REACH:
Ø Five n a half drive from amdavad.frequent trains from amdavad and surat
v TIME TO VISIT:
Ø Its polluted throughout so completely ur call!!
TERRIFYING TERRITORY:
v LARGEST RIVER DELTA IN INDIA AND THE LARGEST TIDAL MANGROVE FOREST IN THE WORLD:
Ø Sunderbans, WEST BENGAL
v TEMPERATURE:
Ø 37-42 IN SUMMER AND 9-29 IN WINTERS
v WAY TO REACH:
Ø 4 hr. Ride on terrible road from Kolkata to gosaba(last settlement before forest starts) and then 90 mints. Ferry ride.
v TIME TO VISIT:
Ø Monsoon and as tourist in winter
DORMITORY DISTRICT:
v MOST POPULATED DISTRICT:
Ø Thane, MAHARASHTRA
v POPULATION:
Ø 1,10,54,131
v POPULATION GROWTH:
Ø 35 % OVER LAST 10 YEARS
v WAY TO REACH:
Ø 36 km from mumbai
v TIME TO VISIT:
Ø Known for trekking sites so monsoon
SCORCHING HEAT:
v HOTTEST PLACE:
Ø Churu, RAJASTHAN
v TEMPERATURE:
Ø 50 DEGREE PLUS IN SUMMER
v WAY TO REACH:
Ø 7 hr. drive from delhi along NH-65
v BEST VISIT TIME:
Ø May and june
WIND’S PARADISE:
v WINDIEST PLACE IN INDIA:
Ø Rammakkalmedu, KERALA
v ELEVATION:
Ø 1207 mts. Above sea level
v AVG. ANNUAL WIND SPEED:
Ø 30.3 km/hr
v WAY TO REACH
Ø Scenic 5 hr. drive from kocchi
v VISITING TIME:
Ø June to august
ULTRA PROTECTION:
v MOST PROTECTED:
Ø Sir creek
v TEMPERATURE:
Ø Above 40 throughout the year
v HUMIDITY:
Ø Above 90%
v ELEVATION:
Ø Sea level
v WAY TO REACH:
Ø Special permit from BSF required.
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