what is standard meridian
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Answer:
A (geographic) meridian (or line of longitude) is the half of an imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, terminated by the North Pole and the South Pole, connecting points of equal longitude, as measured in angular degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian.
Answer:
a meridian used for determining standard time of a country
Explanation:
Standard Meridian is the meridian (longitude)which is used to describe time of a country , it should be the same for the whole country and all the places in a country should follow this same time
The standard meridian of India is 82.5 ° E and it passes through the center of our country and passes through Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh
its significance is that
1)there will be no confusion about time in an country
2)all the places in a particular country will have the same time