WEST BENGAL GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE
- WEST BENGAL IS ON
THE EASTERN BOTTLENECK OF INDIA, STRETCHING FROM THE HIMALAYAS IN THE NORTH TO
THE BAY OF BENGAL IN THE SOUTH.
- THE STATE HAS A TOTAL AREA OF 88,752 SQUARE
KILOMETRES (34,267 SQ MI). THE DARJEELING HIMALAYAN HILL REGION IN THE
NORTHERN EXTREME OF THE STATE BELONGS TO THE EASTERN HIMALAYA.
- THIS REGION
CONTAINS SANDAKFU (3,636 M OR 11,929 FT)—THE HIGHEST PEAK OF THE STATE.THE
NARROW TERAI REGION SEPARATES THIS REGION FROM THE PLAINS, WHICH IN TURN
TRANSITIONS INTO THE GANGES DELTA TOWARDS THE SOUTH.
- THE RARH REGION INTERVENES
BETWEEN THE GANGES DELTA IN THE EAST AND THE WESTERN PLATEAU AND HIGH LANDS.
THE CHOLA RANGE IS SITUATED ON THE SIKKIM AND BHUTAN BORDER. THE HIGHEST PEAK
IS RISHILA.
- THE TOWN OF KALIMPONG IS SITUATED IN THIS REGION. NEORA VALLEY
NATIONAL PARK IS LOCATED HERE. THE RELATIVELY LOW-HEIGHT BUXA-JAYANTI RANGE, A
PART OF THE SIVALIK, IS ALSO LOCATED HERE.
