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The North Pole is at 90 degrees north latitude, and the South Pole is at 90 degrees south latitude. So, distance north or south of the equator is called 'latitude'. One way to remember this is to think of the rungs of a ladder. "Ladder"-- "Lati-" you step up or down the 'rungs of ladder-tude'.
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∙ 11y agoYou're obviously looking for either "latitude" or "lines of latitude". These are
both popular but incorrect answers.
Latitude is an angle, not a distance. And lines don't measure anything.
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∙ 9y agoDeclination measures the number of degrees north or south of the Celestial Equator.
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∙ 13y agolatitude
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Is South America (1) north of the equator(2) south of the equator (3) both north and south of the equator?
It is both north and south of the equator.
Is Ghana north or south of the equator?
It is north of the equator.
Is Colombia north or south of the equator?
north
Is Sudan north south or on the equator?
Sudan is north of the Equator; but very close to it.The Equator passes through Uganda which is just south of Sudan.
Is India in the North or south?
India is North of the Equator
The Latitude of a place is expressed by its angular distance in relation to the?
Latitude measures the distance, North or South, from the Equator.
What is used to measure distance from the equator?
longitude and lattitude. longitude measures north and south of the prime merridian lattitude measures east and west of the equator
What measures North and south of the equator?
latitude
What distance North or south on a map can be measure?
lines of latitude
What are Angular distance north or south of the equator?
what is the distance north and south of the equator: Latitude.
Is latitude horizonally?
Latitude measures the distance from the Equator (both north and south). So, latitude is horizontal, lonitude is vertical.
Latitude is the distance north and south of the what?
The Equator.
Distance north and south of the equator?
Latitude
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.
What is the term used to measure distance north and south of the Equator?
Declination measures the number of degrees north or south of the Celestial Equator.
What is a theme of geography that starts with the letter L?
Latitude is imaginary lines that measures distance north or south of the equator. Longitude is imaginary lines that measures distance east and west of a line drawn between the North and South Poles and passing through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England.
What the Distance north or south of the equator?
Latitude measures North or South of the Equator in degrees. 0° is the Equator, and 90° N (or +90°) is the North Pole, and 90° S (or -90°) is the South Pole. Each degree of latitude is about 69 miles (or 60 Nautical Miles). Longitude lines (which run north and south, but measure east/west) get closer together as you approach either pole.
