On a map of average annual temperature why are the lower latitudes so much warmer than the higher latitudes?
Reading it off my map: The extent of Japanese territory appears to be bounded north/south by latitudes 30degrees10minutes and 45degrees45minutes north latitude.
The city of Chicago spans all latitudes between roughly 41.47° and 42° North. One is free to draw as few or as many lines in that range as he feels he needs on his map.
The lines are parallel on the map are called Latitudes.
"N" on a map typically represents north, indicating the direction towards the North Pole. It helps orient the viewer and understand the cardinal directions on the map.
from west to east and not from north to south
On a map of average annual temperature why are the lower latitudes so much warmer than the higher latitudes?
Reading it off my map: The extent of Japanese territory appears to be bounded north/south by latitudes 30degrees10minutes and 45degrees45minutes north latitude.
Parallels are lines that go up and down the map, latitudes are lines that go across the map from side to side.
The city of Chicago spans all latitudes between roughly 41.47° and 42° North. One is free to draw as few or as many lines in that range as he feels he needs on his map.
The sphere of the Earth is projected (mapped) onto a cylinder. (So all latitudes are the same length.)
No, Canada is situated in the northern hemisphere. It lies north of the equator, between latitudes 41° and 83° N.
They're not ! If that's what you see on your map, then your map only shows part of the Earth ... it could be some parts of Africa, the Indian Ocean, Antarctica, or Australia. If you look at a globe or a map of the whole Earth, you'll see that half of all the latitudes are North and the other half are South. Also, half of all the longitudes are East and the other half are West.
They're not ! If that's what you see on your map, then your map only shows part of the Earth ... it could be some parts of Africa, the Indian ocean, Antarctica, or Australia. If you look at a globe or a map of the whole Earth, you'll see that half of all the latitudes are North and the other half are South. Also, half of all the longitudes are East and the other half are West.
East / west winds will cause sand to drift in a north/south ridge formation (the north/south lines on a map are longitudes, the east/west lines are latitudes).
The lines are parallel on the map are called Latitudes.
On top of the map which is north of the map