answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

No line of latitude is a north/south line. A move

to the north or south is a change of latitude.

User Avatar

Wiki User

9y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: When Line of latitude run in a north south direction but are measured in what degrees?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

If a direction is somewhere between North and East it is measured in?

degrees


What direction lines of latitude measured in?

Degrees. They are measured in degrees, minutes, seconds and fractions of a second, depending on the accuracy required


What are the degrees latitude western?

Latitude is measured in degrees North and South from the North to South poles. Longitude is measured in degrees East and West starting with 0 at Greenwich, England.


Distance north or south measured in degrees is called what?

Latitude


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.


Latitude and longitude is measured in what?

latitude is degrees north or south of the equator and Longitude is degrees east or west of Greenwich


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 direction is longitude measured in?

Longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian, which is the starting point for the Earth's longitudinal coordinate system. Longitude lines run north-south and indicate positions to the east or west of the Prime Meridian, which passes through Greenwich, England.


Latitude is a location north or south of the equator measured in the units of?

Latitude and longitude are angles, and are stated in degrees and fractions of degrees.


In what direction does latitude measure in degrees?

It measures north-south.


Latitude is measured from zero degrees to?

90 degrees north, and 90 degrees south.