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Why are the lines of longitude so much closer together at the bottom portion of the map than they are at the top?
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Because the earth is round and the bottom of the earth is smaller than the middle of earth such as the equator
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What is the area of the square of one degree latitude and longitude?
That depends on where you are on Earth, specifically, your latitude. All meridians of longitude converge (meet, come together) at the north and south poles, so any two of them get closer and closer together as you get closer to either pole. One degree of longitude is about 69 miles along the equator, but only 48.8 miles at latitude 45°, 17.9 miles at latitude 75°, and about 6 miles at latitude 85°. So as you get farther from the equator, your 1° x 1° square is getting progressively skinnier. Here's the area of your square at a few different latitudes. Each square is 1 latitude degree tall and 1 longitude degree wide, and the indicated latitude goes straight across its middle: On the equator . . . . . 4,760 square miles 30° . . . . . 4,150 square miles 45° . . . . . 3,375 square miles 60° . . . . . 2,400 square miles 85° . . . . . 415 square miles
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Why are the lines of longitude so much closer together at the bottom portion of the map they are at the top?
Because the earth is round and the bottom of the earth is smaller than the middle of earth such as the equator
Why are lines of longitude so much closer together at the bottom portion of the map than they are at the top?
Because the earth is round and the bottom of the earth is smaller than the middle of earth such as the equator
Why are the lines of longitude closer at the bottom than the top?
All meridians of longitude meet at the north pole, and also at the south pole. So on a map or globe where some of the meridians are drawn, it will be noted that they are farthest apart at the equator, and the closer to either pole you look, the closer together the meridians are there.
Why are the lines of longitude so much closer at the botton portion of the map than they are at the top?
Fascinating! You must be looking at a map of part of the southern Hemisphere. Otherwise, you're holding your map upside-down. The meridians of longitude all end at the north and south poles, and are evenly spread around the world. So any two meridians are farthest apart where they cross the equator, and they draw closer and closer together as they approach either of the poles.
As you move north or south from the equator the lines of longitude become what to one another?
closer
Is Springfield illinois closer to the latitude line or the longitude line?
Every point on Earth has a latitude and a longitude. Together, the pair of numbers is different from the numbers of any other point on Earth.
As you move north to south from the equator lines of longitude become what to one another?
The meridians of longitude become closer together. Because eventually, at the poles, they all have to meet at the same points.
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-- they are semi-circles -- they are not parallel -- they join the north and south poles -- they are perpendicular to the equator -- the higher the latitude, the closer together any two longitudes are -- at the poles, all longitudes are the same point -- for every longitude west, there is an equal longitude east
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The prime meridian is a line of longitude. Nothing can be closer to something than itself.
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When moving north or south from the equator what does the lines of longitude do?
Any two lines of longitude you choose get closer togetheras they proceed from the equator to the poles.
