Why is the north to south extent of India is greater than the east to west extent of India?
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What an odd question!\nWhen the subcontinent of India slammed into the Eurasian land mass, millions of years ago, forming the Himalayas, the Indian subcontinent was longer than it is wide.\nOddly, before Pakistan was split off in 1947, India was wider than it is long.  If you add Pakisan and Bangledesh (originally East Pakistan) you can see what I mean.
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Could be the "Moon Illusion" - since often, the moon will appear closer to the horizon in the northern hemisphere than in the southern, the same reason it looks bigger near the horizon at any latitude applies.  Read the link below for more info on what the moon illusion is.
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It is a ways to the east of its starting position.  The exact distance would depend upon the latitude of the location(s) in question which I don't know off-hand.  (Thought now I am curious and will probably look them up and do the math after posting this!)\n\nThe reason for the discrepancy is that the surface of the earth is the surface of a sphere, or more accurately an ellipsoid, and the definition of "east" and "west" are simply that the north and south poles are to your sides as you travel.\n\nIt can easily be illustrated by supposing that the swallow were to travel from the equator to, say, within about 1.27km of the north pole, and then travel only 1km east.  At that distance from the north pole, a 1km trip east (remember, the definition of east is to "keep the north pole to your left") would make a QUARTER CIRCLE around the north pole.  Then, the swallow travels south again all the way to the equator.  It is clear that both the north and south trips would be equal.  However, it would then have to travel westward one quarter of the way around the equator to reach its starting point, or about 10,020km!  Quite a far cry from the 1km east that it travelled.
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EASTERN\n\nbecause INDIAN OCEAN + PACIFIC is much bigger than just the ATLANTIC OCEAN
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Good question, and a tough one to answer, although I'm skeptical of the "all known criteria" piece of it.  I did browse much of the Wikipedia entry, and I also have a globe here to look at.\n\nTo rephrase this question, I guess we could say, (1) why is it not a continent, and (2) why is it a subcontinent?\n\nTraditionally, there are six or seven continents -- North & South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.  Sometimes Europe & Asia are combined into Eurasia, and some people like to combine the Americas.\n\nSize and geographic separation seem to be important ... the Central America connection is pretty narrow, as is the Suez connection.  On the other hand, the Ural mountains separating Europe from Asia is an ancient plate boundary (similar to the Appalachians, and much older than the Himalayas), and the Ural boundary certainly is not "narrow."  In that case, however, there are huge historical cultural differences between, for example, western Europe and East Asia.\n\nIn terms of size, Australia is the smallest continent, and Greenland is the largest island.  India is much closer in size to Greenland than to Australia.  (Also compare Madagascar, a large island drifting away from Africa.  The tectonic activity there is similar to India.)\n\nSo on the question of "why isn't it a continent," I'd say size matters a lot -- India isn't big enough -- and I'd say the closest boundary comparison is between the Himalaya barrier and the Urals.  West of the Urals is much, much larger than south of the Himalayas.\n\nCultural comparisons matter too, and by this measure, India could be considered a continent in its own right.  The Indian population is significantly different than the neighboring Oriental and Caucasian peoples.\n\nWhen you balance all this stuff, I guess you say Europe is its own continent -- it's big and culturally differentiable; but India is not a continent because it's not big enough.\n\nThe other part of the question is, why is it a subcontinent?  There, the Himalayas and, to a lesser extent, the Indian Plate, make a big difference.  Because of the mountains, India is geograpically separated from the rest of Asia.\n\nIt's also a large peninsula.  In this regard, we must compare with the Arabian Peninsula (which sits on the Arabian Plate), and maybe with Asia Minor, the boundary of which (by looking at a globe) may be said to extend from the Persion Gulf to the eastern end of the Black Sea, thus comprising a large area encompassing Turkey, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.  The other obvious large peninsula is Western Europe itself, bounded on the east by a line extending from the Black Sea to the Baltic.\n\nBut neither of those peninsulas have the Himalaya Mountain barrier.\n\nSo putting that altogether, I guess that's why India is a subcontinent and not a continent.  And since it seems to be the only generally recognized subcontinent in the world, that makes it pretty unique.
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the standard meridian is important for india bcoz there is two hours difference between the eastern most and western most part of india.so inorder to maintain a common time through out india the central meridian 82.5 is selected as the standard meridian.the reason for the need of a common time n india is for the integrated running of railways,flights,many telecasts and for all these thing different places cant have different timings.
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On first glance, answer seems to be west.\nHowever, the data given in the question is insufficient to conclusively say so !!
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They are 2 different countries. Mexico is in between south and north america. And India is in South Asia. India is mainly Hindu while Mexicos water makes you ill.
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I wonder if there are many dropouts. In the year 2001, research showed that South India was more academically inclined than the North.
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india has a better system\nchildren of indian culture full of respect and tradition will face being made less like their family and tradtional culture-\nthey will want to fit in at school, and fit in at home, which will cause conflict because the cultures are so different.
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There are Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western hemispheres. The Earth is usually divided into North and South (by the equator) or East and West (by the Prime Meridian), but not four parts because 'hemi' refers to half of the earth.
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east of west... india is the best. i love my country... becasue it's the best place to live and best country to belong to.
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INDIAN geography---\n\nThe territory of India constitutes a major portion of the Indian subcontinent, situated on the Indian Plate, the northerly portion of the Indo-Australian Plate, in southern Asia. India's northern and northeastern states are partially situated in the Himalayan Mountain Range. The rest of northern, central and eastern India consists of the fertile Indo-Gangetic plain. In the west, bordering southeast Pakistan, lies the Thar Desert. The southern Indian Peninsula is almost entirely composed of the Deccan plateau, which is flanked by two hilly coastal ranges, the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats.\n\nIndia is home to several major rivers, including the Ganga, Brahmaputra, Yamuna, Godavari, Kaveri, Narmada, and Krishna. India has three archipelagos – Lakshadweep off the southwest coast, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands-volcanic island chain to the southeast, and the Sunderbans in the Gangetic delta in West Bengal.\n\nClimate in India varies from tropical in the south to more temperate in the Himalayan north, with elevated regions in the north receiving sustained snowfall in winters. India's climate is strongly influenced by the Himalayas and the Thar Desert. The Himalayas, along with the Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistan, provide a barrier to the cold winds from Central Asia. This keeps most of the Indian subcontinent warmer than most locations in similar latitudes. The Thar Desert is responsible for attracting the moisture laden southwest monsoon winds that provide most of India's rainfall between June and September.\n\n\nfor more info\nsee this link--\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_India
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Because on the little compass North actually faces up. And we refer to south as down and east/west as right/left.It's just because of the way they face. North is the up direction. Get it?
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This is because we see them as rotating so.Actually the earth rotates west to east on it's axis.That's why we see'em rotating east to west.
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its making great strides globally. this often happens throughout history. its called rise and fall of nations. india is definitely on the rise.
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South accounts for 33.03% of cement production capacity of the country, with Andra Pradesh accounting for 15.27% of the total production capacity of India. It has an installed capacity of around 20mn tons of cement and ranks first in the country, followed by Tamil Nadu with 9.94% of the total production capacity. North accounts for 18.02% of the total production capacity, with Rajasthan at 12.55% of the total production capacity of the country. West accounts for 16.85% of the total production capacity. Maharashtra and Gujarat have production capacity of 6.89% and 9.96% respectively.\n\nEast and Central Regions account for 16.33% and 15.77% of the total production capacity of the country respectively.\n\nTrade between these regions is on a very low scale mainly because of the transportation bottlenecks and uncompetitive cost of transportation. This apart, there are other factors that determine the location of a cement plant. Proximity to limestone deposits, availability of coal and power and the markets the plants cater to, are some of the critical factors that determine the viability of a cement plant.