As wide as my ass:)
I can see 7.8213° of longitude.
Iraq is about 9.8 degrees of longitude wide, and North Carolina about 8.8 degrees wide. So, depending on which points you pick on each end, the longitude between them could swing over a range of about 18.6 degrees. -- Mosul is 121.1 degrees east of Wilmington. -- Basra is 130.2 degrees east of Greenville.
A time belt, or zone, is 15 degrees of longitude wide.
The difference of longitude from West to East is cca. 9 def. 30'.
-- The northern and southern hemispheres each have 90 degrees of latitude and 360 degrees of longitude. -- The eastern and western hemispheres each have 180 degrees of latitude and 180 degrees of longitude.
Illinois and Iran are both several degrees of longitude wide. So, depending on the starting and ending points you select, the space between them may have several different values. -- The longitude at the center of Springfield, IL is about 88.64° West. -- The longitude at the center of Tehran, Iran is about 51.41° East. -- The difference is about 140.1° degrees of longitude.
Alaska occupies a wide range of longitude, including 150 degrees west. It's the only state crossed by that particular meridian.
Alaska occupies a wide range of longitude, including 150 degrees west. It's the only state crossed by that particular meridian.
-- "85 degrees west longitude" doesn't traverse any territory in Ohio, but is about 9.6 miles outside of the state's western border. -- The strip of Ohio between "84 degrees west longitude" and the western border is about 176 miles long and almost 42 miles wide, and encompasses a not insignificant number of cities, towns, and villages. A few of the larger ones are: -- Defiance -- Van Wert -- Lima -- Wapakoneta -- Greenville -- Middletown -- Dayton -- Cincinnati
There certainly is, but it is not the measurement of longitude that itself has any special affect on population. There are wide ranges of longitude that cover the Pacific Ocean region of the globe, and you will calculate relatively low densities per range of longitude. Other longitudes will sweep large areas of Europe and Africa, for example. If we changed our method of measuring longitude, it would have no affect on populations.
The distance at across southern Africa at the tropic of Capricorn is about 1,520 miles.
One. Longitude is derived from the Prime Meridian. Values are measured in relation to this Prime Meridian as East or West longitude. If you withdraw this constant, Prime, then values are given in Positive, Zero, and Negative. The distance between degree's of longitude are also not exact from top to bottom. At the equator they are approx. 69 miles wide, as you go toward the poles they become smaller, with an example being at a Latitude of 45 degree's a degree of longitude is approx: 49miles wide. These can also be more specific in Minutes and Seconds. A good reference to obtain a better understanding would be: http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/mapping/a_latlong.html