WEST BENGAL GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE
- AMONG THE
HIMALAYAN RANGES OF THIS REGION, SINGALILA RANGE HOSTS SANDAKFU WHICH AT 3,636
METRES (11,929 FT) IS THE HIGHEST POINT OF WEST BENGAL.
- TWO HIGH PEAKS,
TIGER HILL AND GHOOM ARE SEEN NEAR THE TOWN OF DARJEELING. MANY RANGES BRANCH
OFF IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FROM TIGER HILL. DURPINDARA IS AN IMPORTANT
MOUNTAIN IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE MOUNTAINOUS REGION.
- A FEW HILLS ALSO OCCUR
IN THE TERAI OR DOOARS REGION AT THE FOOT OF THE HIMALAYAS. SOME REMNANTS OF
THE SIWALIKS CAN BE SEEN IN THE JALPAIGURI DISTRICT, WHERE THEY ARE KNOWN AS
THE BUXA-JAYANTI HILLS.
- A SMALL COASTAL REGION IS ON THE EXTREME SOUTH, WHILE
THE SUNDARBANS MANGROVE FORESTS FORM A REMARKABLE GEOGRAPHICAL LANDMARK AT THE
GANGES DELTA.
