six differences between latitude and longitude
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Answer: Hemisphere All locations along a common latitude fall in the same hemisphere of the earth (northern or southern) Locations along a common longitude may be in different hemispheres.
Denotes distance from equator (north or south) Prime Meridian (east or west)
Time zone Locations that share the same latitude do not necessarily fall into the same time zone All locations on the same longitude fall in the same time zone
Number of lines 180 360
Notable lines Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn Greenwich Meridian
Applications Classifying temperature zones Classifying time zones
Latitude implies the geographic coordinate which determines the distance of a point, north-south of the equator.
Longitude alludes to the geographic coordinate, which identifies the distance of a point, east-west of the Prime Meridian.
Latitudes stretch from 0 degree to 90 degree while longitude from 0 to 180 degree.
Latitudes are known as parallels while longitudes are known as meridians.
The length of latitudes is different bot for longitudes is same.
Latitudes are parallel to each other while longitudes meet each other at the poles.
Latitudes classify heat zones while longitudes classify time zones.