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What the difference of latitude from latitude 40 degrees north to the equator?

The difference is 40 degrees. Latitudes are referenced to zero at the equator.


What line of latitude is 90 degrees north or the equator?

90 degrees north latitude is the north pole. The equator is zero latitude.


How many degrees of latitude are there from zero degrees latitude to the north pole?

There are 90 degrees latitude from the equator (zero degrees latitude) to the North Pole.


Is 45 degrees north a line of latitude?

Yes, 45 degrees north is a line of latitude. It is 45 degrees north of the equator and it represents a specific parallel circle on the Earth's surface.


What is the difference between latitude 30N and latitude 00S?

If you meant the degree difference, it is a 30 degree latitude difference between 30 degrees north latitude and 0 degrees longitude.If you meant the difference in features:0 degrees latitude is longer than 30 degrees north latitude.30 degrees north latitude is located in the northern hemisphere while 0 degrees latitude is located in the middle of the northern and southern hemispheres.


What is distance north or south of the earth's equator?

Latitude. 2nd answer: Latitude is the wrong answer. Distance is measured in miles, feet, yards, meters, kilometers, and so forth. Latitude is a measurement of degrees, not distance.


How many degrees of north latitude are there?

there is 90 degrees of north latitude.There are 90 degrees of latitude going north from the Equator


Is 20 degrees Southe closer to the equator or is 10 degrees north?

The "north" and "south" latitude references begin at the equator. So "20 degrees" north or south are both 20 degrees from the equator, and "10 degrees" north or south are both 10 degrees from the equator. 10 is closer to the equator than 20.


The parallel of latitude that is north of the equator?

There are 2 major lines of latitude located north of the equator. The Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5 degrees north latitude while the Arctic Circle is located at 66.5 degrees north latitude.


How latitudes are measured?

Latitudes are measured in degrees north or south of the equator, which is 0 degrees latitude. The North Pole is at 90 degrees north latitude, while the South Pole is at 90 degrees south latitude. Lines of latitude run east-west and are parallel to the equator.


What imaginary lines are numbered in degrees north and south of the equator?

Lines of latitude, also known as parallels, are numbered in degrees north and south of the equator. The equator itself is 0 degrees latitude, while the North Pole is 90 degrees north latitude and the South Pole is 90 degrees south latitude.


Is ninety degrees north closer to the equator than forty degrees south?

No, 40 degrees south latitude is closer to the equator than 90 degrees north latitude. All latitude originates from the equator, so as the number increases, the further it is away from the equator, regardless of north or south.