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Sikkim,state of India, located in North Eastern part of the country, in the Eastern Himalayas it is one of the smallest states in India. Sikkim is bordered by the Tibet autonomous region of the China to the north and northeast, by the Indian state of the West Bengal to the south, and by Nepal to the west. The capital is Gangtok, in the South Eastern part of the state long a soveregin political entity, Sikkim became a protectorate of India in 1950 and an Indian state in 1975 its small size

Not with standing, Sikkim is of great political and strategic importance for Indian because of its located along serval International boundaries area to 2 140 squares miles (7096 square kilometre). pop. (2011) 607688.𝓢𝓲𝓴𝓴𝓲𝓶

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The Sikkim basin is drained by the river and its tributaries, such as rangit, lhonak, talung, and lachung, which have cut deep valleys into the mountains originating in the Northeast from a glaceer near the tibetan border, Tista river descends steeply, dropping about 15 700 feat 4800 metres to rangpo {rongphus}, on the border with West Bengal, it has kutta gorge through the Darjeeling ridge (7,000-8,000 feet) (2,100-2,400 metres) before emerging onto the Indo gangetic plain𝓓𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓰𝓮

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Sikkim Exhibit a variety of climate types, almost tropical conditions in the south to serve mountains climate in the north in Gangtok, in January (the coldest month) Into The Lost 30s F(about 0°C); in August (the warmest month), temperature many reach the law 80s F ( about 28°C) depending on elevation and exposure, annual precipitation Darius from 50 to 200 inches ( 1,270 to 5,08 mm), ok you doing during the months of the Southwest monsoon (may through October) the heavy rains and snow often triggers destructive landslides and avalanches𝓒𝓵𝓲𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓮

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Sikkim is a basin surrounded on their sides by precipitous mountains walls there is little lowland, and the variation in relief is extreme within a stretch of roughly 50 miles (80 km), river from and elevation of about 750 feet (225 metres) in the Teesta river Valley to nearby 28,200 feet (8,600 metres) at Kanchenjunga, India’s highest peak and the world’s third highest mountain. Singhania range separates Sikkim from Nepal in the west, by the dongkya range forms the border with the Tibet autonomous region of China to the east server or across this range upward easy access to the Chumbi Valley in Tibet and, beyond the valley,to the Tibetan capital of lhaces

Some two-thirds of sikkim of Consists of perpetually snow-covered mountains, dominated by the Kanchenjunga Massif.the residents of Sikkim have traditionally viewed the mountains both a God and the abode of Gode. The legendary abominable snow man, or yeti, called vee-gued in sikkim, is believed to Roam its slopes other major all abover 23,000 feet (7, 000 metres) – include tent, kabeer, and pauhunai𝓛𝓪𝓷𝓭

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more than two-fifths of Skkim is forested. sal (a type of hardwood), pandaners, palms, bamboas, ferns, and orchids are common in the text Found below about 5,000 feet (1, 500 metres) in the temperature forests {5, 000 to 13,000 feet (1,500 to 4,00 metres)} , oak, laurel, mapal. Chestnut, magnolia, alder, birch, uhododenduon, fir, hemlock, and square predominate, alpine tundra replce forests at the higher elevations

Sikkim has a rich and varied Animals life,including black bear, brown bear, Red Panda, numerous species of deer, blue sheep, gorals (small gaotlike mammals), and tibetan antelope. Tigers, leopards, and Laser its are also found, birdlife includes, pheasants, partridges, quail, eagles, barbets, himalayan cuckous, tibetan black crows, and minivets. Sikkim has several national parks and a number of wild life sanctuvaries, which provides environment for the states delivers flora and fauna the Kanchenjunga National Park(established in 1977), near the peak from which it draws its, name, is among the largest of India’s high-elevation conservation area