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Q: Are the lines of latitude measured in degrees or hours?
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Are the lines of latitude measured in inches degrees or hours?

Degrees, Minutes and Seconds of arc. Same as longitude.


Are the lines of latitude and longitude measured in inches degrees or hours?

The lines are never measured. They're only markers. Latitude and longitude are angles, that describe the locations of points on the surface of a sphere. They're expressed in units of angle measure, typically in decimal degrees, or degrees, minutes, and seconds.


Are the lines of longitude and latitude measured in inches degrees hours?

The lines are never measured. They're only markers. Latitude and longitude are angles, that describe the locations of points on the surface of a sphere. They're expressed in units of angle measure, typically in decimal degrees, or degrees, minutes, and seconds.


What direction lines of latitude measured in?

Degrees. They are measured in degrees, minutes, seconds and fractions of a second, depending on the accuracy required


Is latitude the vertical line or horizontal?

Lines of latitude run east-west as circles parallel (or horizontal lines) to the equator. Latitude measures the angle in degrees north or south from the equator where the equator is located at 0 degrees.


What is the laditiude of the equator?

Latitude lines run horizontal and are measured vertically. The equator is located at 0 degrees latitude. Hope this answers your question.


Does latitude run north to south or east to west?

latitude runs East to west. Longitude runs north to south. In other words, the lines of latitude are measured in degrees north and south of the equator and lines of longitude are measured in degrees east and west of the prime meridian.


How are lines of latitude measured?

measured by archibold wid wicki


How are Latitude lines are measured?

measured by archibold wid wicki


Lines on a map that show distances north and south of the equator?

lines of latitude


What is at 0 degrees latitude?

The equator. Lines of latitude are measured north (°N) and south (°S) of the equator. The maximum latitude is 90°N = North Pole, 90°S = South Pole.


What is longitude passes through equator?

Lines of Latitude run east and west (aka the Equator which is zero degrees latitude) and are measured north and south of the equator. Lines of longitude run north and south and are measured east and west from the Prime Meridian in Greenwhich, England.