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How does the latitude affect India's climate?

Answer:

(i) The Tropic of Cancer passes almost from the middle of the country.

(ii) Almost half of the country, lying south of the Tropic of Cancer, belong to the tropical area.

(iii) All the remaining area in the north of the Tropic lies in the sub-tropic

Therefore, India's climate has characteristics of tropical as well as sub-tropical type of climate.