Geography · Indian Geography
India's East-West extent (2,933 km) is shorter than its North-South extent (3,214 km) despite covering a similar number of degrees. This difference occurs because:
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- 1The Earth is a perfect sphere
- 2The linear distance between longitudes decreases as we move from the equator toward the poles✓
- 3Longitudes are parallel lines that never meet
- 4Latitudes are not equidistant from each other
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The linear distance between longitudes decreases as we move from the equator toward the poles
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