Question

why is the north south exent of india larger than the east west extent eventhough the conuntry's latidunial and longitudinal extent is same?

Answer 1

Hi Student,

The answer to your question is as follows.

The east west extent appears smaller than north south extent due to the fact that latitudes are equidistant from each other but distance between longitudes decreases as one moves from equator to poles. Therefore, the east west extent that longitudinal appears to be smaller than the north south or latitudinal extent despite both covering a distance of 30 degrees.

Hope this resolves your query.

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