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प्रश्न
How can the general climate of an area be described with the help of the lines of latitudes?
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उत्तर
The lines of latitude help describe the general climate of an area by dividing the Earth into different climate zones. The Torrid Zone (near the Equator) is hot due to direct sunlight, the Temperate Zones experience moderate temperatures with distinct seasons, and the Frigid Zones (near the poles) are cold due to minimal sunlight. The position of an area relative to these latitudes determines its climate.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the two reference lines with respect to which the distances of various places on the earth’s surface are measured?
Explain how latitudes and longitudes help to determine the position of a place on the globe?
Give a geographical reason for the period of twilight and dawn increases polewards.
On which dates does the sunshine vertically overhead at Equator?
Name the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere.
Name the shortest day in the Southern Hemisphere.
When does the winter solstice occur?
Give reasons for the following statement :
The duration of day and night is equal everywhere on 21st March and 23rd September.
Give reasons for the following statement:
The regions, near North Pole and South Pole, have six months of continuous day-light and darkness.
Give reasons for the following :
Twilight is of longer duration in higher latitudes than at Equator.
