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NCERT Class 6 Geography Chapter 2: Globe Latitudes and Longitudes

NCERT Class 6 Geography Chapter 2: Globe - Latitudes & Longitudes

Globe

  • Axis
  • North Pole
  • South Pole
  • 1° = 60′
  • 1′ = 60′′

Latitudes

Latitude is an angle, which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° (North or South) at the poles.

Illustration: Latitudes

Longitudes

Longitudes is the angular distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

Illustration: Longitudes

International Date Line

  • Separates two consecutive calendar days
  • Has bends to include all of Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga and Tokelau in the
  • Eastern Hemisphere.
  • GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is now abbreviated as UTC
  • (Coordinated Universal Time)
Illustration: International Date Line

Old International Date Line And New International Date Line

Illustration: International Date Line

Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time is calculated on the basis of longitude, in Kakinada,

Illustration: Indian Standard Time

West And East Parallel

Illustration: Indian Standard Time

Time Zones of France

Illustration: Indian Standard Time

Daylight Saving Time

India does not observe daylight saving time (DSTu) or other seasonal adjustments.

Illustration: Daylight Saving Time

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