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| Name | How big is India’s coastline?! ft. @mohak_mangal |
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| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 22-11-2023 09:30:08 |
| Video Discription | - No one truly knows the exact length of India’s coastline till now. In fact, no one truly knows the true length of any coastline. Because measuring the length of a coastline is VERY difficult. Why? Answer- The Coastline Paradox. - The more you zoom into the coastline, the more lengthy it will become. Because of the intricate details. So the length will depend upon what measuring scale you use. The smaller the measuring scale, longer the length. - This same concept applies to other natural things as well. That’s why we really can’t measure the exact length of rivers, trees, and even our lungs. Cause even though they have a finite area, their perimeter seems to be infinite. Such shapes are called fractals. - In the case of India, here are the numbers. If scale is 256 km- length will be 4128 km, scale 128 km- length 4599 km, scale 64 km- length 5336 km, and so on. - So what scale should we use? We found the answer in a VERY INTERESTING research paper. This paper is special because it has the first-ever scientific study about the Indian coast length. This paper says that the scale we use should be such that even if we reduce it, the end result is not much different. Scale should be such that the “length of the object will not increase exponentially even if step length is halved”. - For them, the perfect scale is 0.5 km. Because even when we half it, the length of the coastline will not increase. - So now, if we take 0.5 km as the scale length, what will be the length of India’s coastline? 7566 km (without islands) and 9060 km (with islands). Sources: Research paper titled “How long is Indian coastline?” by Ravi Prakash Srivastava and VP Dimri #travel #upsc #geography #geopolitics #kkcreate #mohakmangal |
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