Latitude Flashcards
(13 cards)
Number of latitude lines
180
Difference between each degree of latitude
111 km
Name the important parallels of latitudes
North Pole (90 degrees N)
Arctic Circle (66 and half degrees North of equator)
Tropic of Cancer (23 and half degrees N) in Northern Hemisphere
Equator (0 degrees)
Tropic of Capricorn (23 and half degrees S) in the Southern Hemisphere
Antarctic Circle (66 and half degree south of equator)
South Pole (90 degrees S)
What is 0 degrees longitude also called
Prime Meridian or the Greenwich Meridian
(Anything east of Greenwich Meridian is in the Eastern Hemisphere: Anything west of Greenwich Meridian is in the Western Hemisphere)
One degree of latitude can be divided into
- 111 km
- 60 minutes
(1 minute can be divided into 60 secs-
1 sec=30.7 meters)
Uses of Latitude lines
- to find out how north or south of equator a place is
- To find out weather/climate of a place
- to find out if its day or night at a place
Prime meridian runs through where
Greenwich, England
Opposite of Prime Meridian
Antemeridian (180 degrees)
1 degree change in longitude equals
4 mins
(15 degrees longitude equals 1 hour)
Nepal’s time difference with SAARC countries
Afghanistan = - 1:15
Maldives= - 0:45
Pakistan= - 0.45
Bangladesh= +0.15
Bhutan= +0.15
Sri Lanka= -0.15
India= -0.15
When did GMT start
November 1, 1884
Nepal’s time ahead from Greenwich time
+5:45
How is a country’s local time decided
by looking at the longitude line that goes through the middle of the country
