What happens to a degree of longitude as you move from equator towards the poles?

Answer 1

Nothing. A change of 1 degree of latitude corresponds to a distance of

about 69 miles, regardless of where on the earth you begin.

The above answer is not exactly correct. Because the earth is ellipsoid rather than spherical (meaning it is slightly flattened at the poles), there is a slight difference in distance. It is closer to 68miles at the equator and 69miles at the poles. The flattened effect makes the distance increase slightly toward the poles.

Answer 2

As you move from the equator towards the poles, a degree of longitude appears to become shorter. This is because the lines of longitude converge towards the poles, so the distance covered by one degree decreases.

Answer 3

Any two meridians of longitude that you watch as you move from the equator

toward the poles draw continually closer and closer together. They all finally

converge (meet) at both the north and south poles.

Answer 4

The linear distance across each degree of longitude at the equator is about 60 miles. That's as far apart as those lines of longitude get. As the lines of longitude run north (or south) to the north (south) pole, they converge until they all meet at the pole. That translates like this: the linear distance separating each degree of longitude is a maximum at the equator, and decreases to zero at the pole.

Answer 5

One degree of longitude is about 69 miles wide at the equator, and dwindles

to zero at the north and south poles, where alllongitudes converge in a point.

Here's a factoid that you can use to amaze and amuse your friends. (But be careful

with it. If it were to fall into the wrong hands, a person who doesn't know how to

use it could cause untold harm.) :

The length of a degree of longitude is 69 miles multiplied by the cosine of the latitude.

Answer 6

1 degree of longitude = about 111 km (69.1 miles) along the equator,

and zero at the poles.

Anywhere, 1 degree of longitude is about 111 km (69.1 miles) multiplied

by the cosine of the latitude where it's measured.

Answer 7

That distance is greatest at the equator ... about 111 km or 69 miles ...

and shrinks as you get farther from equator, until it becomes zero at the

poles.

The distance is (69 miles) x cosine(latitude).

Answer 8

A degree of longitude represents more distance at the equator and less near the poles. This is because the earth is a sphere.

Answer 9

The lines of longitude will converge as they near the poles and the distances between them will get smaller. They get closer.

Answer 10

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