Question

Give Reason

Describe Why 1° of Latitude is equal to about 111 km throughout whereas 1° of longitude in terms of distance varies.

ICSE Class-9
Geography
Ch-2
(Latitudes and Longitude)​

Answer 1

Answer:

because while earth is in vertical drawn imaginary lines are longitude it is in the the shape of semicircle is every degree has same length but in latitude has imaginary circles drawn on the earth horizontally so it has difference by the diameter