QOW #5: Today's blog is very special for all the students and especially for the students who have taken 'Geography' or 'Geology' and 'Science' as the optional subject in the upsc civil services exam. Today's blog is on the ' Unit of Latitudes'. Let's start it.

QOW #5: Latitudes are measured in what? (अक्षांश किस में मापा जाता है?)
And: Degrees(डिग्री)
Description: Latitude is the angular distance of a place in the north or south direction from Equinox circle is called latitude. This angle is made at the centre of the Earth. It is measured in degrees on both sides of the equator. The circle represents the degree of latitude of 0 degrees. The equator is a circle. When drawn in the north and south directions by an interval of 10, there are 90 - 90 latitude circles. That is, the axis of any place, may not exceed 90 °. Equatorial circle's northern part is called the northern hemisphere and the southern part is called the southern hemisphere.
Facts about latitudes
1. Latitudes are also known as parallels.
2. Latitudes are parallel to each other.
3. Latitudes cross the prime meridian at 90° angle.
Equator
This is the latitude line that passes through the middle surface of the Earth, which is at equal distance from the North and South Pole. This is the latitude line of zero degrees. The northern part of the equator is called the northern hemisphere and the southern part is called the southern hemisphere.
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A group of imaginary lines that are drawn parallel to the equatorial line from east to west around the Earth is called akasha. Or the line joining places with equal angular distance from the equator is called a latent line. The equator is a latitude line of 0 °, so the latitude of all places located on it will be 0 °. The latitude lines north of the equator are called the northern latitude lines and the latitude lines south of it are called southern latitude lines. The distance between two latitude lines is 111 km.
The perpendicular distance of a place from Greenwich line is called longitude of that place or imaginary line joining North and South Pole is called longitude. The lengths of longitude lines are equal. These lines are not parallel. These lines meet at a point on the North and South Pole. As the poles move from the equator to the equator, the distance between the longitudes increases and the distance between it at the equator is maximum (111. 32 km). There was difficulty in calculating the longitude lines being uniform. That is why all countries unanimously decided that the calculation should be started from the longitude line passing through the Greenwich Observatory. Therefore, we call it the prime meridian line. The value of this longitude is 0 °. From this, we calculate longitude 180 ° east and 180 ° west. The lines on the left of the main meridian line are called the western longitude and the right sidelines are the eastern longitudes. These are called Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere respectively. The longitude is 180 ° east and 180 ° west. Being circular. Due to this, the Earth rotates 360 ° in 24 hours, so it takes 4 minutes for the Earth to cover a distance of 1 ° longitude. - Determine the time of a place based on longitude. goes. The distance between two longitudinal lines is called Gore. Is known from - The tensile latitude and zero degree longitudinal cross in the Atlantic Ocean.
Facts about Longitude
1. Longitudes are also known as median.
2. It runs in a north-south direction.
3. Longitudes meet the poles.
4. The longitudes cross the equator in right angle.
5. All the longitudes are equal in length.
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