0
Do all lines of latitude and longitude intersect at right angles?
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
No. All of them do but two. The latitude lines at 90 degrees North and South actually coincide with the intersection of all longitudinal lines. So technically, because they coincide, they do not form any angle.
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How do you use longitude and latitude to find a location?
You find the lines of latitude and longitude and find the place that they intersect, which is your location.
How many lines of longitude does one line of latitude intersect?
Every line of constant latitude intersects every possible longitude, and vice-versa.
What do lines of latitude and longitude form when they intersect?
Every meridian of longitude is perpendicular to every parallel of latitude.That is, they intersect at right angles.And here's a fascinating trivia factoid that you can use to amuse and amazeyour friends:-- No matter how many of these intersections you think there are,there are more than that.-- There are an infinite number of meridians of longitude, and every oneof them intersects an infinite number of parallels of latitude.
When lines of longitide and latitude intersect they form?
A meridian of longitude and a parallel of latitude are perpendicular at their intersection, forming a right angle.
What angle do lines of longitude cross with lines of latitude?
Meridians of constant longitude cross parallels of constant latitude. Parallels of constant latitude cross meridians of constant longitude. At each intersection of a meridian and a parallel, the lines are perpendicular (form 90° angles).
What are the lines that intersect latitude lines on a map are lines of?
longitude
Do lines of longitude cross lines of latitude?
They intersect, yes.
Which lines of latitude and longitude intersect in Illinois?
40n, 89w
How do you use longitude and latitude to find a location?
You find the lines of latitude and longitude and find the place that they intersect, which is your location.
What is the longitude and and latitude of the tropic of cancer?
The two tropics are lines of latitude at 23°26′13.0″ North and South of the Equator and they intersect all lines of longitude.
How many lines of longitude does a line of latitude intersect?
Every line of longitude intersects with every line of latitude and vic-versa.
Do lines of latitude sometimes intersect?
No, lines of latitude do not intersect.
How many lines of longitude does one line of latitude intersect?
Every line of constant latitude intersects every possible longitude, and vice-versa.
What do lines of latitude and longitude form when they intersect?
Every meridian of longitude is perpendicular to every parallel of latitude.That is, they intersect at right angles.And here's a fascinating trivia factoid that you can use to amuse and amazeyour friends:-- No matter how many of these intersections you think there are,there are more than that.-- There are an infinite number of meridians of longitude, and every oneof them intersects an infinite number of parallels of latitude.
When lines of longitide and latitude intersect they form?
A meridian of longitude and a parallel of latitude are perpendicular at their intersection, forming a right angle.
Lines of latitude and line of longitude are perpendicular?
So as to create a particular location on the grid where they intersect.
Where latitude and longitude lines intersect?
We're not sure what the question is getting at. Every meridian of constant longitude intersects every parallel of constant latitude, and vice versa.
