Question

How many parallels are there in the northern hemisphere?
(a) 90 (b) 89 (c) 91

Answer 1

The answer to how many parallels of latitude are there on the northern hemisphere is 90. The whole lot to the equator’s North is branded as the Northern Hemisphere while the whole lot to the equator’s south is branded as the Southern Hemisphere.

Parallels refer to the Lines of latitude.

There’re 181 latitudes overall, which includes the one along the equator. The approximate distance among every degree of latitude is about 69 miles. The answer to how many parallels are there in the northern hemisphere is 90.

Answer 2

Answer:

There are 89 parallels in the northern hemisphere.

Explanation:

• The earth's rotation on its axis from west to the east gives two natural points of reference, the North and South Poles.
• They serve as the framework for the geographic grid. The positions of various features are fixed by drawing a network of intersecting lines.
• The grid is made up of two sets of horizontal and vertical lines known as parallels of latitudes and meridians of longitudes.
• In an east-west direction, parallel horizontal lines are drawn.
• The equator is the imaginary line positioned halfway between the North and South Poles. The globe is divided into two equal halves by the equator, which is the globe's greatest circle. 
• All of the other parallels reduce in size in proportion to their distance from the equator to the poles, dividing the planet into two unequal halves, commonly known as tiny circles.
• If latitude parallels are made at one-degree intervals, there will be 89 parallels in each of the two hemispheres. With the equator included, there will be 179 parallels in all.

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