Question

What is latitude? What is the latitudnal extent of India ?

Answer 1

Answer: india lies wholly in the northern and eastern hemispheres. The main land of India extends from 8o 4' 28" N to 37o 17' 53" N latitudes and from68o 7' 53" E to 97o 24' 47" E longitudes. The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India is approximately the same i.e. 30o.

Answer 2

The definition of latitude is the measurement of a part of the Earth in relation to the north or south of the Earth's equator or the amount of freedom someone is given to deviate from a normal thought pattern or behavior. An example of latitude is a measurement of distance from the equator.The main land of India extends from 8° 4' 28" N to 37° 17' 53" N latitudes and from 68° 7' 53" E to 97° 24' 47" E longitude