Question

The Latitudinal and Longitudinal extent of the Indian mainland is about 30, Despite this
fact the East-West extent appears to be smaller than the North-South extent? Why?
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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

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Answer 2

Answer:

It is because you are seeing a mercator chart( cylindrical projection of any spherical surface).

Due to which vertical distortion takes places and the distance latitudes increases as you move away from the equator.

That is also the reason of Argentina looking bigger

But if you see a gnomomic chart which is a tangential projection there will not be any distortion.

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