Why is the difference between the durations of day and night hardly felt at Kanniyakumari but not so in Kashmir?

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Lengths of days and nights in the poles vary so greatly that they have a 6-month day(during summers) and a 6-month night (during winters). On the other hand, the equator has a fixed 12-hour day and night, and their lengths are not influenced by seasons. This is due to the fact that the Earth's axis is...
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Lengths of days and nights in the poles vary so greatly that they have a 6-month day(during summers) and a 6-month night (during winters). On the other hand, the equator has a fixed 12-hour day and night, and their lengths are not influenced by seasons. This is due to the fact that the Earth's axis is rotated. Since Kanyakumari is close to the equator, it has days and nights of almost the same length (vice versa for Kashmir). read less
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Lengths of days and nights in the poles vary so greatly that they have a 6-month day(during summers) and a 6-month night (during winters). On the other hand, the equator has a fixed 12-hour day and night, and their lengths are not influenced by seasons. This is due to the fact that the Earth's axis...
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Lengths of days and nights in the poles vary so greatly that they have a 6-month day(during summers) and a 6-month night (during winters). On the other hand, the equator has a fixed 12-hour day and night, and their lengths are not influenced by seasons. This is due to the fact that the Earth's axis is rotated. Since Kanyakumari is close to the equator, it has days and nights of almost the same length (vice versa for Kashmir). read less
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