What is the latitudinal extent of India?How does it influence our lives?Explain giving two examples.

Latitudinal extent : 6ï½4 'N to 37ï½6 'N

Influence :

1. Tropic of Cancer divides the country into two equal parts.

2. Thus India is situated in tropical and temperate zones.

3. Northern part of India has high annual range of temperature whereas the southern part

has low annual range of temperature

4. The latitudinal extent influences the duration of the day and night as one moves from

south to north

5. Duration of day and night varies from 45 minutes in the extreme south to 5ï½ hours in

the extreme north.