Describe the longitudinal extent of India and its advantages to the land.
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Prime Meridian is 0° longitude. In the east of 0°, there are 179 longitudes or meridians and in the west also 179 longitudes are marked. After an Eastern longitude, letter E is added and in the same manner when we mention a Western longitude, letter W is added to show its location in Eastern or Western Hemisphere. 180° longitude is known as International Date Line and neither E nor W is added after it. So there are total 360 longitudes on earth.
According to longitudes, India is in Eastern Hemisphere. It extends between 68°7′ E to 97°25′E.
Longitudinal extent: The measure of the distance longitudinally is referred to as longitudinal extent. The longitudes run from the north pole to the south pole and so from top of the earth to the bottom.
The distance between two longitudes is referred to as longitudinal extent.
Longitudinal extent of India: India being one of the biggest countries in Asia has an area of 2933 kilometers from east to west (68 degrees 7 minutes E to 97 degrees 25 minutes E longitude)
Advantages:
- Determination of local time at different places in India.
- Diverse climatic conditions.
- Sea ways through the Indian ocean, Arabian sea and the bay of bengal.