Question

What are latitudes and how many latitudes are there in all

Answer 1

Answer:

What are latitudes?

Imaginary lines in the globe which are horizontal are called latitudes. These are usually parallel in nature.

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Number of Latitudes present in our Earth - 181 latitudes

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Equator:-

The middle most latitude is called Equator. This divides the Earth into 2 equal parts called

1. Northern Hemisphere
2. Southern Hemisphere

Note: Our India is completely located in the Northern Hemisphere.

Answer 2

Answer

Latitude : The lines running east to west, parallel to the Equator are called lines of latitude.

• There are total 181 latitude.

Other information :

• Longitude : the angular distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

Characteristic of latitudes :-

• Latitude is the angular distance of a place north or south of the Equator.

• There are 180 parallels of latitudes apart from the Equator.

• Each parallel of latitude is a circle.

• Only the Equator is a Great Circle, all the rest of the latitudes are Small Circles.

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