one is longer than the other
Latitude . . . the angle north or south from the equator to a certain location. Longitude . . . the angle east or west from the Prime Meridian to a certain location.
Latitude lines run east-west, but measure north and south. Longitude lines run north-south, but measure east and west.
latitude and longitude
They measure position
degrees
They measure latitude & Longitude.
Latitude and longitude are angles, and can be expressed in any unit of angle measure. Degrees are quite popular.
east and west
Africa is the continent that is crossed by both the Equator (latitude 0°) and the Prime Meridian (longitude 0°). This means that Africa spans all four cardinal directions of latitude and longitude: north, south, east, and west.
latitude longitudes are known as meridians
Degrees.
East-West