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What is the distance measured in degrees north and south pf the equator?
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The north or south angle of any location relative to the equator
is the latitude of that location.
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What is distance north or south of the equator called?
The distance north or south of the equator is measured in degrees of latitude. For example, the equator is measured at 0 degrees; Sydney Australia lies 33.51 degrees south of the equator; Helsinki Finland lies 60 degrees north of the equator.
The distance measured in degrees north and south of the equator is what?
Latitude.
Is the distance north and south of the equator and is measured in degrees?
Latitude.
What is the definition of latitude in geography?
It is "A distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees".But distance is not measured in degrees. The latitude of a place is theangle corresponding to the shortest arc on the Earth's surface betweenthe equator and that place.
The distance in degrees North or south of the equator?
Distance is not measured in degrees. Temperatures and angles are. The angle north or south between the equator and a place of interest is the latitude of that place.
What is the distance measured in degrees north and south of the equator is referred to as?
Declination (positive and negative respectively) is the angular distance between north and south of the Celestial Equator.
What are Angular distance north or south of the equator?
what is the distance north and south of the equator: Latitude.
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.
What is measured 0 degrees north and south?
equator
What are the paralles of latitude?
The angular distance north or south of the earths equator, measured in degrees, along a meridian, as on the map or globe.
How many degrees north of the equator is turkey?
The degrees north of the equator for Turkey is between 37* and 42* north of the equator. This is a distance of 2500 miles.
The Equator is the zero line or base line from which you measure distances?
Yes - in part. Distances towards the north and south are expressed in degrees, measured from the equator. But a distance to the east and west is also required. A line that passes through Greenwich observatory (London) is used for this purpose.Yes - in part. Distances towards the north and south are expressed in degrees, measured from the equator. But a distance to the east and west is also required. A line that passes through Greenwich observatory (London) is used for this purpose.Yes - in part. Distances towards the north and south are expressed in degrees, measured from the equator. But a distance to the east and west is also required. A line that passes through Greenwich observatory (London) is used for this purpose.Yes - in part. Distances towards the north and south are expressed in degrees, measured from the equator. But a distance to the east and west is also required. A line that passes through Greenwich observatory (London) is used for this purpose.
