globe latitudes and longitudes

GLOBE-LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES

IT CORRECTLY REPRESENTS THE SHAPE OF THE EARTH.

IT SHOWS THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLE EXACTLY.

IT SHOWS THE CORRECTSIZE AND SHAPE OF THE CONTINENTS AND OCEANS.

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ADVANTAGES OF GLOBE

DISADVANTAGES OF GLOBE• IT IS INCONVINIENT TO CARRY THE GLOBE

FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.• ONLY A PART OF THE GLOBE CAN BE SEEN

AT A TIME.• IT DOES NOT HELP IN SPECIFIC

INFORMATION FOR EX- IF YOU WANTED TO GIVE DIRECTION TO A PLACE NEAR YOUR HOME.

IMPORTANT LATITUDES• EQUATOR• TROPIC OF CANCER• TROPIC OF CAPRICORN• ARCTIC CIRCLE• ANTARCTIC CIRCLE• NORTH POLE • SOUTH POLE

LATITUDES LATITUDES ARE PARALLEL TO

EACH OTHER,THESE ARE ALSO CALLED THE PARALLELS OF LATITUDES.

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO PARALLEL OF LATITUDE IS ASSUMED TO BE 1DEGREE THAT IS EQUAL TO 111km.

EACH PARALLEL OF LATITUDE IS A CIRCLE.

LONGITUDES THE IMAGINARY SEMICIRCULAR LINES

RUNNING FROM NORTH POLE TO SOUTH POLE ARE CALLED LONGITUDES.

THEY ARE EQUAL IN LENGTH BUT NOT PARALLEL.

180 DEGREE EAST AND 180 DEGREE WEST MERADIANS ARE ON THE SAME LINE.

EQUATOR THE EQUATOR IS THE MOST

SIGNIFICANT LINE. IT DIVIDES THE EARTH INTO TWO EQUAL HALVES.

THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE EARTH IS KNOW AS NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE EARTH IS KNOW AS SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.

IT IS 0 DEGREE LATITUDE.IT IS THE LARGEST LATITUDE.

PRIME MERIDIAN A prime meridian, based at the Royal

Observatory, Greenwich, in London, was established by Sir George Airy in 1851.

IT DIVIDES THE EARTH INTO TWO EQUAL HALVES- EASTERN HEMISPHERE AND WESTERN HEMISPHERE.

MADE BY:UTSAV KUMARCLASS- 6TH-AROLL NO.-45