Question

angular distance of a a place from the equator​

Answer 1

Latitude can be thought of as theangular distance of a point (on the surface of earth) north or south of the equator. Since the plane of equator is the reference plane for measuring latitudes,equator is at 0° latitude.

Answer 2

ANSWER:  

Latitude

EXPLANATION:

    Equator is a huge circle with a circumference equal to that of the earth and centered on the earth’s centre. As the equator’s plane is the plane of reference for measuring latitudes, equator is at zero degree latitude. Equatorial plane partitions the earth into 2 equivalent hemispheres.

    Latitudes are designated with S (south) for locations south (S) of the equator and with N (north) for locations north (N) of the equator. Latitude angles are also assigned negative values for southern hemisphere and positive values for northern hemisphere.

   While South Pole's (SP) latitude is -90° or 90°S, North Pole (NP) is at 90°N. An arc or line on a map or the globe stretching east-west and linking all points with the identical latitudinal angle is known as a latitude line, a circle or parallel.

   The latitude lines form circles rounding the earth parallel to each other and to the equator.