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प्रश्न
What is a geographic grid?
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उत्तर
A geographic grid is a framework of lines of latitude and longitude drawn on a globe or a map. These lines form a coordinate system that helps in determining the exact location of any place on Earth.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Who devised the lines of latitude and longitude?
Which temperature zone receives almost vertical rays of the sun and which zones receive slanting rays?
Explain how latitudes and longitudes help to determine the position of a place on the globe?
How has the phenomenon of the ‘Midnight Sun’ come about?
On which two days are the days and nights equal all over the world and why ? What name do you give to these days?
Name the shortest day in the Southern Hemisphere.
Name the two ends of the Axis of the Earth.
Give reasons for the following statement:
On the 22nd of December, the altitude of the midday Sun at Colombo is different from that of Delhi.
Give reasons for the following:
There is no Twilight and Dawn on the Equator.
Give reasons for the following:
The variation in the lengths of day and night goes on increasing polewards.
