INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The north-south extent of India in terms of distance is 3214 km from Ladakh to Cape Comorin, near Kanyakumari. The longitudinal extent of India is 68°7’E and 97°25’E.

Detailed explanation-2: -The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India is about 30o. The North-South extent is 3214 km and East-West extent is 2933 km.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lying entirely in the northern hemisphere, the mainland extends between latitudes 8° 4’ and 37° 6’ north, longitudes 68° 7’ and 97° 25’ east and measures about 3, 214 km from north to south between the extreme latitudes and about 2, 933 km from east to west between the extreme longitudes.

Detailed explanation-4: -India is situated north of the equator between 8°4’ north (the mainland) to 37°6’ north latitude and 68°7’ east to 97°25’ east longitude.

Detailed explanation-5: -Why North-South extent longer than the East-West extent? North-South extent longer than the East-West extent due to the following reasons: The distance between latitudes remain the same throughout but the distance between the two longitudes reduces as moved towards poles.