Geography of Kolkata

If you make a visit to the city of Kolkata even at least once in your life, you will get to realize the eternal landscape, a geography of the soul while coming to know the Geography of Kolkata. The City of Joy has its impact even on the charming surroundings. Along the famous Hoogly River, the city too develops a gait up which seems to animate like the waters in the river.

The Geography of Kolkata chiefly focuses on the location of this city and its surroundings. The City of Joy is situated in eastern India at 22°33'N 88°20'E. It is positioned in the Ganges Delta at a distance from the ground ranging between 1.5 to 9 meters. It is extended linearly along the banks of the River Hooghly in a north-south direction.

Originally much of the city was nothing but a gigantic wetland, which was domesticated over the decades to lodge the city's growing populace. The Sundarbans National Park separates the city from the Bay of Bengal, which is located about 154 km to the south.

The predominant soil type is alluvial which is like the most of the Indo-Gangetic plains. Quaternary sediments found in the soil consisting of clay, silt, various grades of sand underlie the city. These sediments are sandwiched between two clay beds, the lower one at depths between 250 and 650 m and the upper one ranging between 10 and 40 m in thickness.

Bureau of Indian Standards says that the town falls under seismic zone-III, in a scale of I to V while the wind and cyclone zoning is "very high damage risk", according to UNDP report.

Must pay a visit to this City of Joy!