Latitude And Longitude Flashcards
Total number of latitudes
181
Total number of longitude
360 meridians
Distance between 2 latitudes is
Equal
Distance between 2 longitudes is
Unequal
Dist between 2 Latitude is more at ___ and less at ___
More at Poles
Less at Equator
Dist between 2 Longitudes is more at ___ and less at ___
More at Equator
Less at poles
Longest/ largest latitude
Equator
Shortest / smallest latitude
N n S poles
Torrid or tropical zone ( location n features)
*receives max heat as sun is overhead atleast once a yr
Temperate zones
*receives moderate heat as sun is not overhead n the angle of sunrays decreases as we go near poles
Frigid zone
Coordinates of different latitudes -
Equator -0 degree
Tropic of Cancer - 23.5 N
Arctic Circle -66.5 N
North pole -90N
Tropic of Capricorn -23.5S
Antarctic circle -66.5 S
South pole -90 S
Latitude runs from
E to west
Longitude runs from
North to South
Distance between 2 longitudes measured in
East to West
Distance between 2 latitude measured in
North n South
Latitude help to find
-Location
-divides Earth in North n South
-Climatic zones
Longitude tells about
Date
Time ( wrt to GMT)
Divides eart in East n West
2imp longitude
Prime meridian -0 degree
International Date line - 180 degree
Both antipodal points
Prime meridian passes through which _ countries
8 countries
BSF in UK TOGO GAMe
How many longitudinal zones are there
24 longitudinal zones
Each longitudinal zone is how much degree or hour apart ?
15 degree= 1 hour
24 hr- 360 degree
1 hr - 15 degree
4 mins - 1 degree
East of GMT -time ___
West of GMT time ___
East - increase
West - decrease
Time zone of
USA
Russia
SSR
5
9
11
IDL present in
Pacific Ocean
Time difference on either side of this line
24 hrs / 1 day
It deviates or curves from normal 180 degree line at ?
Bering Strait
Tonga
Fiji
Going from West to East crossing IDL we ___ a day
Gain a day
Going from East to West crossing IDL we ___ a day
Lose a day
IST - coordinates
82.30 E ( 82 n half)
IST is ___ ahead of GMT
5hr 30 mins ahead
Time difference n degree difference between eastern most and Western most part of India
2hrs (29degree)
IST in India passes through which states
1 . UP( Mirzapur)
2. MP
3. Chattisgarh
4. Odisha
5. Andhra Pradesh
For IST calculation which place is considered at reference point
Mirzapur ( 1 St place through which ist passes in India )
The only country through which tropic of cancer Capricorn n Equator passes through
Africa
Equator passes through how many countries
13
