Why is the distance between two meridians 0 mile?

Answer 1

It is because all lines of longitude originate and converge there.

Answer 2

becaue all of the meridians(latitude) meet at the north pole so the distance is 0

Answer 3

Meridians are semi-great circles that converge at the poles. Their distance apart is maximum at the equator where they are parallel and therefore cut the equator at 90 degrees. As they converge towards the poles their distance apart decreases until it becomes zero.

The distance between any two meridians is known as departure and is a function of latitude as well as longitude. The latitude of the equator is zero where departure is maximum and the latitude of the poles is 90 where departure is zero. The cosine of zero is 1 and the cosine of 90 is zero. The departure between any 2 meridians can therefore be calculated by the formula:

difference in longitude between the meridians X cosin latitude

Answer 4

It's not. Who told you that ?

Pick any two longitudes you want. The distance between them

at any latitude, in miles, is

(69.04) x (the difference between the longitudes, in degrees) x (cosine of the latitude)

That distance can only be zero if both longitudes are the same,

or if you're measuring at the north or south pole.

Answer 5

All the meridians meet at the poles like the segments of an orange. The east-west distance in a degree of longitude is 60 nautical miles at the equator but less and less as one moves away from the equator, and it reaches zero at the poles.

Answer 6

The distance between any two meridians at the North Pole is zero because all of the meridians intersect at the North Pole. (And the South Pole, as well)

Answer 7

It is because all lines of longitude originate and converge there.

Answer 8

because the north pole is 90 degrees latitude

Answer 9

Because all meridians or lines of longitude meet at the poles.