Question

What is the latitudinal extent of India and give two points that illustrates how it affects the location of the country?

Answer 1

Answer:

The latitudinal extent of India is 6  

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4  

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N to 37  

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6  

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N. It influences our lives in the following ways:

(i) The Tropic of Cancer divides the country into two equal parts. Thus, India is situated in tropical and temperate zones.

(ii) The northern part of India has high annual range of temperature whereas the southern part has low annual range of temperature.

(iii) The latitudinal extent influences the duration of the day and night as we move from south to north.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The latitudinal extent of India 8°4' 28" N to 37° 17' 53" N and from 68° 7' 53" E to 97° 24' 47" E

Explanation:

• The latitudinal and the longitudinal extend to the Indian landmass divided the country into the two halves from the tropics of cancer.

• The northern parts have a high annual range of temperature while those of southern parts is low. This latitudinal position impacts the location of the day and night duration.

• The north-south distance is 3214 km while that of the east to west is 2933 km this extent influences the climate of the region and as Indian lies in the northern hemisphere and is a tropical country it warm, humid and gets a high amount of sunshine and rainfall.

• The Himalayas in the north protects it from the invasion of cold waves and provides a source of water supply year-round. The Alps its a strategic from  trade perspective.

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