Geography of West Bengal

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Geography of West Bengal is full of variety. It consists of high peaks of Himalaya in the northern extremes to coastal regions down south, with regions like plateu, Ganges delta etc intervening in between. It may be interesting to note that West Bengal is only state in India where Himalayas are in the north and Sea is at the south, with both plaines and plateau are covering the remaining region.

Contents 1 Landform of West Bengal 1.1 Darjeeling Himalayan hill region 1.2 Terai region 1.3 North Bengal plains 1.4 Rarh region 1.5 Coastal plain 1.6 Sunderbans 1.7 Western plateau and high lands 1.8 Ganges delta 2 Agro-climatic groups 3 Districts 4 Climate 5 Notes 6 Reference 7 External links

[edit] Landform of West Bengal

[edit] Darjeeling Himalayan hill region

[edit] Terai region

[edit] North Bengal plains

[edit] Rarh region

[edit] Coastal plain

[edit] Sunderbans

[edit] Western plateau and high lands

[edit] Ganges delta

[edit] Agro-climatic groups

Depending on soil and climate variations, West Bengal can be divided into six btoad divisions:^[1]

• The hill region in the north
• The terai and Teesta alluvial region of North Bengal
• The laterectic, red and graveely undullating region in the west
• The coastal alluvial region in the south
• The gangetic allucial region in the west
• The Vindhya alluvial trgion in the centre

[edit] Districts

West Bengal is composed of 19 districts ^[1] :

Often the districts north of the Ganges ie., Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur and Malda are together termed as North Bengal.

• Bankura
• Bardhaman
• Birbhum
• Cooch Behar
• Darjeeling
• Hooghly
• Howrah
• Jalpaiguri
• Calcutta
• Malda
• Midnapore East
• Midnapore West
• Murshidabad
• Nadia
• Purulia
• North 24 Parganas
• South 24 Parganas
• North Dinajpur
• South Dinajpur

[edit] Climate

The climate of West Bengal is tropical. The land is mostly plains, except for the northern region, which is a part of Himalayan Mountain Range. Darjeeling, in the north is well known for its high quality teas. At the south of West Bengal the Sundarbans delta on Ganga (aka Ganges Delta) is a part of the world's largest river delta (other portions lie in Bangladesh). This region is famous for the Bengal Tiger.

The climate of this region is controlled by the monsoon. The climate allows the weather to remain dry during the winter and wet during summer. Due to climate and soil condition for Ganges Delta, this region is highly vegetated with tropical plants and considered one of the most fertile lands in the world.

[edit] Notes

[edit] Reference

[edit] External links

• A map of the districts can be seen at the official State of West Bengal website.