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प्रश्न
Clearly distinguish Longitude from Lines of Longitude.
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उत्तर
Longitude is the distance of a place from the Prime Meridian while lines of longitude are lines drawn on a map or globe showing the longitude of all the places at the distance from the Prime Meridian. These lines join the north and south poles and cut the Equator at right angles.
संबंधित प्रश्न
What is the longitude of a place where the local time 1:15 p.m. when it is 4 a.m. at Chicago (88°W)?
Calculate the time at Durban (longitude 30°E) when the time is 7.00 a.m. at New York (75°W).
Calculate the local time in Singapore (104°E) when it is 6.00 p.m. at Greenwich.
What is the difference between Prime Meridian and other meridians of longitude?
What is “Greenwich Mean Time”?
Give a reason for the following :
When it is noon at Cairo (30°E), the local time in New York (75°W) is 5.00 a.m.
Give a reason for the following :
A person, travelling from Mumbai to London, alters the time on his watch at several places.
What is the relation between longitude and time?
Or
“There is a difference of 4 minutes of time for one degree of longitude”. Why?
The axis is parallel to the ______.
Two opposite meridians form a ______.
