Lines of LATITUDE

and MERIDIANS
What is Latitude

* Latitude measures the distance

north or south of the equator.
* The lines running North to South are
called "MERIDIANS" or "lines of longitude"
while the lines running East to West are
called "Parallels" or "lines of latitude"
 * The five major parallels of latitudes from
north to south are called:

* Artic Circle
* Tropic of Cancer
* Equator
* Tropic of Capricorn
* Antarctic Circle.
How many lines of latitude are there

*There are 179 latitudes on a globe. 90 in

north and 90 in south and 1 equator then
90+90+1=181 but southpole line and north
pole does not count so 181–2=179 . There
are 360 degrees of Longitude ( 180 East &
180 West).
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PREPARED BY:
GACOT, MAY LORENE M
LATUBE, DANICA GRACE E.