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Define the following :- Latitude , Longitude , Meridians ?​

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Answered by Angelpriya80
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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

Answered by itzpriya22
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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.

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  • 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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