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Maps Latitude and Longitude

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1 Maps Latitude and Longitude

2 Latitude AKA- Parallels Run horizontally, east and west
Creates Northern and Southern Hemisphere Measured from 090ºNorth in northern hemisphere Measured from 090ºSouth in southern hemisphere

3 Latitude continued Important latitude lines: Tropic of Cancer- 23ºN
Equator-0º Tropic of Capricorn-23ºS Arctic Circle- 60ºN Antarctic Circle- 60ºS

4 Latitude Lines of latitude run all the way around the Earth
Lines of latitude are not all the same length

5 Longitude AKA meridians Run north and south (vertically)
Create eastern and western hemisphere Measured from 0-180ºE in the Eastern hemisphere Measured from 0-180ºW in the western hemisphere

6 Longitude Cont. Important Longitude lines Prime meridian- 0º
International Date line-180º Meridians are all the same length


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