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1 LATITUDES & LONGITUDES

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3 1.Latitudes & Longitudes are used to find places on a globe.
2. Apart from that globes are also used to plan long distance sea & air routes called Great Circle Routes. 3.They are also used to determine the routes of satellites.

4 The Earth is tilted at an angle of 23 ½ degree to the vertical.

5 Relative & Absolute location
The Relative location of a point on the Earth’s surface is its location in relation to another place or nearby landmark. The Absolute location of a place is its location using a recognised coordinate system formed by latitudes and longitudes.

6 There are 181 degree latitudes

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8 INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE


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