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Latitude and Longitude How do we find places on maps?

Latitude What is Latitude? Lines of Latitude run horizontally Latitude is measured in degrees. The Equator is 0 degrees Latitude.

Lines of Latitude locate places North or South of the Equator. The North Pole is 90 degrees N Latitude, and the South Pole is 90 degrees S Latitude.

Longitude Lines of Longitude run vertically. They are also called Meridians. The Prime Meridian is found in Greenwich, England.

The Prime Meridian is 0 degrees Longitude. Lines of Longitude locate places East or West of the Prime Meridian.

There are 180 degrees of east Longitude, and 180 degrees of west Longitude

Summary 1.What do lines of Latitude and Longitude combine to make? A grid. 2.Compare and Contrast Latitude and Longitude. Latitude- horizontal, north- south, parallels Longitude- vertical, east-west, meridians

3.What is 0 degrees Latitude? Equator 4.What is 0 degrees Longitude? Prime Meridian