Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
How can the general climate of an area be described with the help of the lines of latitudes?
Advertisements
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.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Which line is known as the Prime Meridian?
Explain how latitudes and longitudes help to determine the position of a place on the globe?
Give reasons for the following
The speed of the rotation of the earth is greater at the Equator than at the Arctic Circle.
Give a geographical reason for the length of day and night is not equal at all places on the earth.
Describe the two interesting phenomena made by the circle of illumination viz., Solstice and Equinox.
On which two days are the days and nights equal all over the world and why ? What name do you give to these days?
Describe how the duration of sunlight changes from the Equator to the Poles with respect to the angle of incidence during the solstices.
Describe how seasons are made and reversed between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
At which latitude, is the Sun overhead on 21st June?
Give reasons for the following:
There is no Twilight and Dawn on the Equator.
