Question

Although the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the mainland is about 30°. Despite this fact the east-west extent appears to be smaller than the north-south extent. Why?

Answer 1

Answer:Though the latitudinal & longitudinal extent of India is about 30°, yet the north-south extent  is greater than the east-west extent because the distance between any 2 lines of longitude is maximum at the equator & it goes on decreasing as 1 moves north or south of the equator,whereas the distance between 2 lines of latitude remains the same.

Explanation:

Answer 2

India passes through 29 latitudes and longitudes.

ii) Latitudes are equidistant. The distance betwenn 2 latitudes is 111 km.

iii) Thus the north-south stretch of India is 3214 km.

iv) Longitudes are not equidistant. They bulge at the equator and converge at poles. Average distance between 2

longitudes id 100 k

v) Thus the east- west stretch of India is 2933 km. m