Sunday, November 15, 2009

KNOW ABOUT LATITUDE

Latitude is the angular distance in degrees, minutes and seconds of a point north or south of the equator. Lines of latitude are imaginary lines that run horizontally across the surface of the earth. They are also called as parallels .five important latitudes are there. They are equator, tropic of cancer, tropic of Capricorn, Arctic Circle, and Antarctic Circle. They never meet each other.

 

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