What is the longitudinal extent of India? What is its implication? [
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India lies entirely in the northern and eastern hemispheres. The main land of India extends from 8o 4' 28" N to 37o 17' 53" N latitudes and from 68o 7' 53" E to 97o 24' 47" E longitudes. The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India is approximately the same.
It is advantageous because :-
1. It gives India a prominent place at the head of Indian Ocean with access to the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal
2. It helps in easy sea trade between West Asia, Africa, European countries
3. Longer coastline means more no of sea ports for more trade.
4. Marine life is a source of livelihood for the residents near the coastline.
5. More no of offshore mineral resources and oil refineries can be set up
It is advantageous because :-
1. It gives India a prominent place at the head of Indian Ocean with access to the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal
2. It helps in easy sea trade between West Asia, Africa, European countries
3. Longer coastline means more no of sea ports for more trade.
4. Marine life is a source of livelihood for the residents near the coastline.
5. More no of offshore mineral resources and oil refineries can be set up
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Explanation:
The difference in longitude is around 30 degree.
Longitudinal extent has the following implications
It indicates that there is a time lag of about 2 hours between Arunachal Pradesh and Gujarat . So when the sun rises in Arunachal it will still be dark in Gujarat ( but the standard time is same in both the places because the time is set according to the standard Meridian)
There are a lot of differences based on climate and vegetation
the distance between the two extreme ends (east and west) is around 2900 kM.
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