ABOUT ARUNACHAL PRADESH

• Popularly known as ‘Land of the Dawn-lit-Mountains’,

Arunachal Pradesh is India’s remotest state and the first
Indian soil to greet the rising sun. Located on the
northeastern tip of India with its borders touching Tibet,
Bhutan and Burma (Myanmar), this beautiful land is endowed
with dazzling array of flora and fauna that is sure to allure
any tourist. More than 500 rare species of Orchids are
found in the dense jungles of Arunachal Pradesh. The misty
hills, sparkling rivers, gurgling waterfalls add charm to the
beauty of this incredible land. Arunachal Pradesh finds its
mention in the literature of Kalika Purana and the great
Hindu Epic Mahabharata. It is believed to be the Prabhu
 FACTS ABOUT ARUNACHAL PRADESH
• Arunachal Pradesh is nicknamed India’s land of the rising sun
as the lovely Dong Village. Here is the first place in India
that receives morning sunlight.
• One of the exciting facts about Arunachal Pradesh is that it
is the largest of the seven sister states in Northeast India,
spread over 83,743 km.
• Arunachal has an international border of over 1600km with
China in the north, Myanmar in the east, and Bhutan in the
west.
• Arunachal is home to the easternmost village of India, Dong
Village, located in Dong Valley of Anjaw district bordering
China and Myanmar.
 GEOGRAPHY
• Arunachal Pradesh is land of peanuts in the
foothills of the Himalayas in northeast India. It is
spread over an area of
83,743 km2 (32,333 sq mi). 98% of the
geographical area is land out of which 80% is
forest cover; 2% is water. River systems in the
region, including those from the higher Himalayas
and Patkoi and Arakan Ranges, eventually drain into
the Brahmaputra River.
• Elevation ranges from mountains that are above
7,000 metres (23,000 ft), to the towns in the
 CLIMATE
• The weather and the climate of Arunachal
Pradesh are quite distinct from the rest of
the country. The climate of the state is
dominated by the Himalayan system and the
altitudinal variations. The climate is highly
hot and humid at the lower altitudes and in
the valleys covered by swampy dense forest
particularly in the eastern section, while it
becomes exceedingly cold in higher altitudes.
 MINERALS FOUND IN ARUNACHAL
PRADESH
• State is having variety of minerals like
coal, Petroleum and Natural
Gas,Dolomite,
Limestone,Graphite,Asbestos,Placer
gold,Iron,Marble,Ferro-Sillicon Grade,
Quartzite, Lead&Zinc,Minor
Minerals(Sand,Gravel,Boulders,soil,etc.)
 COAL
• Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary
rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is
mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements,
chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.Coal is a
type of fossil fuel, formed when dead plant matter decays
into peat and is converted into coal by the heat and
pressure of deep burial over millions of years.Vast deposits
of coal originate in former wetlands called coal
forests that covered much of the Earth's tropical land
areas during the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)
and Permian times.Many significant coal deposits are
younger than this and originate from
 LIMESTONE
• Limestone (calcium carbonate CaCO3) is a type
of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of
the material lime. It is composed mostly of
the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are
different crystal forms of CaCO3. Limestone forms when
these minerals precipitate out of water containing dissolved
calcium. This can take place through both biological and
nonbiological processes, though biological processes, such
as the accumulation of corals and shells in the sea, have
likely been more important for the last 540 million
years. Limestone often contains fossils which provide
scientists with information on ancient environments and on
the evolution of life.
 ASBESTOS
• Asbestos is a naturally occurring
fibrous silicate mineral. There are six
types, all of which are composed of long
and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre
being composed of many microscopic
"fibrils" that can be released into the
atmosphere by abrasion and other
processes. Inhalation of asbestos fibres