What are the three advantages of longitutes and latitudes

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There are no as such advantages of longitudes and latitudes. Find the main significance below:

The main land of Indian sub continent extends between latitudes 8°4'N and 37°6'N and longitudes 68°7'E and 97°25'E. It decides the climate of the subcontinent, its significance in the geo-political position in the world.
 

Latitude impacts the climate of any country.


a. The tropic of cancer for instance,  which is an imaginary parallel of latitudes passes through the middle of our country.
b. It approximately divides our country into two halves.
c. It divides the country into two separate climatic zones.
d. India thus receives both tropical and sub tropical type of climate.
e. The southern part gets more heat from the sun than northern part.
f. The difference between the duration of day and night is more in northern than Southern

Impact of Longitude:

a. Longitude rather determine the time zone a particular location
b. To have a fixed time all over the country, the central longitude's time is considered to be the country's standard time
c. The Indian standard time  is located at 82 1/2 degree east  near Allahabad and divides the country into two equal halves. It passes through the centre of the country.



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