Question

Defination of latitude in geo

Answer 1

ʟᴀᴛɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴀsᴜʀᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏғ ᴅɪsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ɴᴏʀᴛʜ ᴏʀ sᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇϙᴜᴀᴛᴏʀ. ɪᴛ ɪs ᴍᴇᴀsᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ 180 ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴀʀʏ ʟɪɴᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ғᴏʀᴍ ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇs ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ ᴇᴀsᴛ-ᴡᴇsᴛ, ᴘᴀʀᴀʟʟᴇʟ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇϙᴜᴀᴛᴏʀ. ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ʟɪɴᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀs ᴘᴀʀᴀʟʟᴇʟs. ᴀ ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇ ᴏғ ʟᴀᴛɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ ɪs ᴀɴ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴀʀʏ ʀɪɴɢ ʟɪɴᴋɪɴɢ ᴀʟʟ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛs sʜᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴀʟʟᴇʟ.

Answer 2

Explanation:

• an angular distance in degrees north or south of the equator (latitude 0°), equal to the angle subtended at the centre of the globe by the meridian between the equator and the point in question. (often plural) a region considered with regard to its distance from the equatorSee longitude