Question

"THE LONGITUDINAL AND LATITUDINAL EXTENT OF THE MAINLAND INDIA IS 30 DEGREES, BUT STILL EAST-WEST APPEARS TO BE SMALLER THAN NORTH -SOUTH" EXPLAIN

Answer 1

Answer:

The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India is almost the same degrees. i.e 30 degrees. But the north south distance in Kilometers is 3214 and the east west distance is 2933 km. This is because of the nature of the latitudes and the longitudes.