India- size and location Flashcards
Where is India located?
India is located completely in the Northen Hemisphere. The mainland extends between latitudes 84’N , 376’N and the longitudes 687’E , 9725’E. The tropic of cancer at 23*30’N divides the country into almost equal halves
What is the size of India?
India has an land mass area of about 3.28 million km2
its total area accounts for about 2.4% of the total geographical land.
India is the 7th largest country in the world
It has a land boundary of about 15,600km
it also has an coastline boundary of about 7516.6km which includes Andaman and NIcobar and the Lakshadweep Islands
Explain how the Indian standard meridian came about
There are about 30 lines of longitudes cutting through India, this means that India has 30 local times
when a railway is set to arrive at 8am, there would be confusion because different places would have their 8am. To avoid this confusion, local time of the central meridian is taken as the time for the whole country.
In india, since the longitude 82*30’E passes through Mirzapur, the local time in mizapur is taken as the international time.
Explain how the Indian standard meridian came about
There are about 30 lines of longitudes cutting through India, this means that India has 30 local times
when a railway is set to arrive at 8am, there would be confusion because different places would have their 8am. To avoid this confusion, local time of the central meridian is taken as the time for the whole country.
In india, since the longitude 82*30’E passes through Mirzapur, the local time in mizapur is taken as the international time.
Why was the Indian Ocean named after India?
India has a central location between the East and West Asia.
trans India Routes helps India connect with the eastern countries like America and the West Asian countries, hence India is strategically located.
no other country has a long coast line along the Indian ocean as India does and due to its eminent positioning, the Indian ocean is named after India
How have Maritime routes helps india to establish contact with other countries?
India and its maritime routes have helped India to share its ideas and commodities with the rest of the word. Examples of this are Panchatantra being shared globally because of maritime routes in India and the Indian decimal and Indian numeral system being shared across globally.
