Define the following :- Latitude , Longitude , Meridians ?
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latitude =In geography, latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth's surface. Latitude is an angle which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° at the poles. Lines of constant latitude, or parallels, run east–west as circles parallel to the equator
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- the distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees
- a region marked by its distance north or south of the equator cold latitudes.
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- Longitude is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian.
- Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South Poles.
- These lines are known as meridians.
- Each meridian measures one arcdegree of longitude.
- a great circle of the earth passing through the poles and any given point on the earth's surface.
- the half of such a circle included between the poles.
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