Question

What are the differences between latitudes and longitudes?

Answer 1

Answer:

Longitude lines run north-south and mark the position east-west of a point. Therefore, latitude is the angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian. Lines of longitude run from pole to pole, crossing the equator at right angles. All lines of longitude are equal in length.

Answer 2

Answer:

Latitudes

Angular distance of a place north or south of the equator.

They are parallel circles from equator to poles.

They are indicated by N or S.

The most important parrallels of latitude is equator.

Longtitudes

Angular distance of a placeeast or west of the prime meridian.

They are semi circles joining the North pole and the South pole.

They are indicated by E or W.

The most important meridian of longtitudes is prime meridian.