Question

What is the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of india explain their importance?

Answer 1

geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols.[n 1] The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation.[1]

Answer 2

Answer:

Longitudinal Extent- Significance

The longitudinal extent of India is large. Following are its implecations:

The longitudinal extent affects the local time for different states in our country.

From Gujarat to Arunachala Pradesh, there is a time lag of 2 hours.

The local time of a place depends on the longitude which passes through it

Latitudinal Extent- Significance

The Tropic of Cancer divides India into almost two equal halves.

While the northern part lies in the temperate zone, the southern part is closer to the Equator and lies in the tropical zone.