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difference between altitudnal and latitudinal areas.
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Answer 1

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Answer 2

When we travel over desert, sky, or seas, we need two things, first one is direction and second one to fix our position. During ancient times, people use to position themselves with the help of the landmarks and rudimentary map. Today, we describe the location of the places or the position with the help of two terms i.e. latitude and longitude. For example- If we are travelling on the ship then we can only specify our position on a map with the help of latitude and longitude coordinates.

The Eratosthenes (Known as "Father of Geography") in the 3rd century BC first proposed a system of latitude and longitude for a map of the world. By the 2nd century BC Hipparchus was the first to use such a system to uniquely specify places on Earth.

Difference between latitudes and longitudes

Latitude

Longitude

It run east to west

It run north to south

There are 181 lines of latitudes

There are 360 lines of latitudes

The largest latitude equator divides the earth into northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere.

The longitude prime meridian divides the earth into eastern hemisphere and western hemisphere.

They are parallel and never meet each other.

They are not parallel and meet at poles.