India — Location
Where India lies
Explain India's extent and why it keeps one standard time.
Mainland from Kashmir to Kanniyakumari and Arunachal Pradesh to Gujarat; the southern limit with the islands is 6°45' N.
Territorial sea: 12 nautical miles (about 22.2 km).
About 30° of latitude and longitude, but 3,214 km north-south and 2,933 km east-west: longitudes converge towards the poles.
South in the tropics, north in the sub-tropical zone: great variety of landforms, climate, soils and vegetation.
30° of longitude means about 2 hours of time difference; IST (82°30' E) is GMT + 5 h 30 min.
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