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Does time change as you go north or south of the equator along the same line of longitude?
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In theory it shouldn't. In practice it can, due to time zone boundaries following political rather than purely physical lines.
For example, if you head north from Singapore (near the equator), you start in the Singapore Standard Time zone, pass through the Malaysia Standard Time zone (which, though technically a different time zone, is actually on the same time as SST), into the Indochina Time Zone (an hour behind SST), into the China Time Zone (back ahead an hour, in sync with SST), into the Irkutsk time zone (ahead another hour, an hour ahead of SST), then into either Krasnoyarsk Time Zone or Irkutsk Time Zone, I can't quite tell which. KST is back down an hour (same time as SST) and IST is up yet another hour (two hours ahead of SST). It's possible that you even first enter one and then the other; it's hard to tell from the map I'm looking at.
Look at the related link for an map. Anytime there's a colored zone that has boundaries that don't run perfectly north/south it's possible to change local time by moving straight north or south. This is done to keep places in the same political/administrative region on the same time zone as much as possible. China takes this to its logical extreme: it's wide enough to span five or so time zones, but the entire country is officially on China Standard Time.
There's also the international date line to contend with. Heading north from New Zealand you eventually reach the Aleutian Islands (part of Alaska) which are not only not in the same time zone, they're not even in the same day.
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Does the time change as you go north or south of the Equator along the same longitude line?
No.
What is the latitude and longitude for equator?
The equator is a latitude line, so it has no specific longitude. The equator is at 0o north or south. There are many points on the equator, so every point on the equator has a different longitude.
One degree of longitude equals 0 miles on the ground?
One degree of longitude represents about 69.1 miles along the equator. It dwindles as you move away from the equator, and is zero at the north and south poles.
Is the longitude north or south of which imaginary line?
Latitude is measured north and south of the equator.
When moving north or south from the equator what does the lines of longitude do?
Any two lines of longitude you choose get closer togetheras they proceed from the equator to the poles.
Does the time change as you go north or south of the Equator along the same longitude line?
No.
What is the latitude and longitude for equator?
The equator is a latitude line, so it has no specific longitude. The equator is at 0o north or south. There are many points on the equator, so every point on the equator has a different longitude.
One degree of longitude equals 0 miles on the ground?
One degree of longitude represents about 69.1 miles along the equator. It dwindles as you move away from the equator, and is zero at the north and south poles.
What are the Lines north and south of equator?
Lines of longitude's
How mesure the degree of longitude?
we can measured the longitude by north pole and south pole by equator
Does one degree of longitude equal 270 km?
The distance represented by one degree of longitude varies according to distance from the equator. That's because the meridians of longitude are equally distributed around the equator but all converge to a single point at the north and south poles. The greatest distance between any two meridians of longitude, then, is the distance between the points where they cross the equator. Along the equator, one degree of longitude covers about 111.1 kilometers.
What lines measure distances north or south of the equator?
Longitude
Is the longitude north or south of which imaginary line?
Latitude is measured north and south of the equator.
How does the linear distance separating each 1 degree of longitude change as you move from the equator toward the poles?
The linear distance across each degree of longitude at the equator is about 60 miles. That's as far apart as those lines of longitude get. As the lines of longitude run north (or south) to the north (south) pole, they converge until they all meet at the pole. That translates like this: the linear distance separating each degree of longitude is a maximum at the equator, and decreases to zero at the pole.
When moving north or south from the equator what does the lines of longitude do?
Any two lines of longitude you choose get closer togetheras they proceed from the equator to the poles.
What city is north of the equator and near 70 W longitude?
Boston
What are the horizontal lines that are read north or south or the equator?
longitude and latitude.
