Five lines in 20 seconds
A short video with every fact checked against the textbook.
The lines to know
Latitudes run east to west; longitudes (meridians) run from pole to pole.
0° latitude
The Equator
Divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
23½° N
The Tropic of Cancer
Passes through the middle of India.
23½° S
The Tropic of Capricorn
The Torrid Zone, the hottest, lies between the two tropics.
0° longitude
The Prime Meridian
Passes through Greenwich, in London. Meridians are counted east and west of it.
82½° E
India’s Standard Meridian
Indian Standard Time is set by this meridian.
90° N and 90° S
The North and South Poles
The ends of the Earth’s axis, where all the meridians meet.
Try it: longitude and time
The Earth turns 360° in 24 hours: 15° every hour, or 1° every 4 minutes.
Ahead of Greenwich by
5 h 30 min
That’s Indian Standard Time.
Quick quiz
Four questions. Tap an answer to check it.
Fly through the right gate
In India Explorer you steer a plane through the gate that answers each prompt, and answer three questions at every fuel stop.
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