Question

1. Why 82degree 30 E has been chosen as the

standard meridian of India?

2. what are meridians(longitude) and latitude?


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Answer 1

1 ) The standard Meridian of India at 82′3 e at Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh was taken as the standard Meridian because it splits the country into closely two equal parts The 82.50E longitude is smaller than 1 km from the famous Vindhyavasini temple.

2 ) All meridians meet at the North and South Poles. Longitude is related to latitude, the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator. Lines of latitude are called parallels. Maps are often marked with parallels and meridians, creating a grid.

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Answer 2

82°30'E has been chosen as the standard meridian of India as it lies in the centre of all the longitudes and latitudes of india

the imaginary lines which meet from north to south (longitudes) and from east to west (latitudes) and called meridians.