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The Landscape
India is an incredibly diverse country with everything from steamy jungles and trop-
ical beaches to arid deserts and the soaring icy peaks of the Himalaya. At 3,287,263 sq
km it is the second-largest Asian country (after China), and forms the vast bulk of the
South Asian subcontinent - an ancient block of earth crust that carried a wealth of
unique plants and animals like a lifeboat across a prehistoric ocean before slamming
into Asia about 40 million years ago.
India is home to 18% of the world's population, crowded together on 2.5% of the world's landmass.
