Question

What is the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India?

Answer 1

Answer:

India lies to the north of the equator between 6° 44′ and 35° 30′ north latitude and 68° 7′ and 97° 25′ east longitude.

Longitudinal and Latitudinal extent

• The latitudinal extent of India from the north end Kashmir to south end Kanniyakumari is 37°6′N to 8°4′N
• The longitudinal extent of India from west end Gujarat to east end Arunachal Pradesh is 68°7′E to 97°25′E.
• On calculating both of these extents we get to that these are approximate 30°.
• The North-South extent is 3214 km and the East-West extent is 2933 km.
• The longitudinal extent of India is 68 degrees 7′ E and 97 degrees 25′ E whereas the latitudinal extent of India is 8 degree 4′ N and 36 degrees 7′ N.
• The latitudinal extent influences the duration of day and night as one moves from south to north.
• Longitudinal extent influences the climate in the region. The latitudinal extent influences the duration of day and night as one moves from south to north.

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