Question

6 differences between latitude and longitude

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Latitude Longitude

Direction  East-west, parallel to the equator  North-south; converging at the poles and widest at the equator

Parallel lines  Yes  No

Range  0 to 90° North and South  0 to 180° East and West

Denoted by  Greek letter phi (Φ)  Greek letter lambda (λ)

Hemisphere  All locations along a common latitude fall in the same hemisphere of the earth (northern or southern)  Locations along a common longitude may be in different hemispheres.

Denotes distance from  equator (north or south)  Prime Meridian (east or west)

Time zone  Locations that share the same latitude do not necessarily fall into the same time zone  All locations on the same longitude fall in the same time zone

Number of lines  180  360

Notable lines  Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn  Greenwich Meridian

Applications  Classifying temperature zones  Classifying time zones

Answer 2

Answer:

Latitude - Horizontal ; Longitude - Vertical

Explanation:

Our Earth is marked according to these two imaginary lines - Latitude and Longitude

If you see:

Latitude is checked with respect to our equator which has 0 degree latitude

Longitude on the other hand is checked with Internation Date Line - present at Greenwich - which is both 0 degree and 180 degree longitude

Latitude is measured vertically i.e. How much angular distance from Equator - North and South e.g Tropic of Cancer is 23.5 degree North and Tropic of Capricorn is 23.5 degree South

Longitude is calculated w.r.t. International date line and checked with its distance in degrees - with each degree having 4 minutes value. Hence concept of East of IST and west of IST has been coined.

Latitude is not used to measure difference in time between two countries as its degrees just show the location.

Longitudinal values on the other hand is used to measure time. That's why we say Sun rises early in East (due to our Earth's rotation from West to East). Hence time in East is ahead of time in West.

When we mark a location on our maps - we write Latitude first and then its Longitude.

Countries don't have different latitude zones - but big countries like Russia, US etc. have different longitudinal zones (time zones) for their specific country. In India, we have just one time zone which is known as Standard Meridian - which passes through Meerut.

Latitude as a whole are divided into four zones - Artic Circle (66.5 degree N) Tropic of Cancer(23.5 degree N), Equator (0 degree), Tropic of Capricorn(23.5 degree S), Antarctic Circle(66.5 degree S)

I hope it answers your question :)

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Calm & Toofani