The distance between two successive parallels of latitudes is 111 km . explain
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The Degrees of latitude are parallel, so the distance between each degree remains almost constant Each degree of latitude is approximately 69 miles (111 kilometres) apart.
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Earth represents 360° and the circumference of the Earth is approximately 40000 km.
Thus 40000/360 = 111 km
So the distance between two successive parallels of latitudes is 111 km
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