Question

What do you know about latitudes?

Answer 1

• Latitudes are imaginary lines drawn around the earth. 
• The word ‘latitude’ comes to us from the Latin word ‘iatitudo’ meaning width. 
• Latitudes are also called parallels because they are parallel to each other. 
• Latitudes are circles. 
• Latitudes are expressed in degrees (°), minutes (‘) and seconds (“). 
• Latitude values range from 0° t* 90° North (the North Pole) and 90° South (the South Pole).
• Thus there are 180° main latitudes (not counting the equator) 
• Equator, the 0° latitude is the largest among all the latitudes. 
• Latitudes are used together with the longitudes to locate a place on the earth. 
• Latitudes are used to locate the climatic zones on the earth.