the east west extent of india appears to be smaller than the north -south extent but the difference between latitudanal extent and longitudanal extent in same i.e 30 degrees. give reasons.
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The reason is very simple ie thought latitude are parallel but longitudes start tapering as they move towards the poles and hence though India is completely divided into perfect 30 latitudes and longitudes but still east-west extent appear to be smaller than north south extent because of this property .
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We know 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!
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