Question

What are latitudes ? List the features of latitudes.
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Answer 1

Explanation:

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.

Answer 2

Answer:

Latitude is the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator. It is measured with 180 imaginary lines that form circles around the Earth east-west, parallel to the Equator. These lines are known as parallels.

Features of Latitude :-

• 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.

• The distance between two latitudes is always equal.