Question

what is latitudes and longituds? short answer ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Latitude

The distance of a place north or south of the line that we imagine around the middle of the earth.

Longitude

The distance of a place east or west of a line from the north pole to the south pole that passes through greenwich in london.Longitude is measured in degrees..

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Answer 2

Answer:

lines of latitude are are imaginary lines running horizontally between the two poles they are also known as parallels. since they are parallel to the equator and are at equal distance from each other. the distance between the latitudes always remain the same that is 111 km.

longitude is the angular distance of a place east or West of the prime meridian measured from the centre of the earth. meridians are semicircles they are widest at the equator (about 69 miles or 111 km apart)

the lines of longitude circle the glow from north to south the total number of longitudes is 360.there are 180 longitudes to the east of the prime meridian and 180 longitudes to the west of the prime meridian....