Latitudes & Longitudes Explained: How to Find Any Location on Earth

Hello friends today we'll learn about the latitudes and longitudes of the Earth

have you ever wondered how the location or position of any place is determined let me explain this

[Music] it looks so yum our earth looks like an orange

it is spherical from the sides and flat at the top and bottom the latitudes and longitudes are

invisible lines that help us identify a place using geometrical coordinates an easy way to remember the orientation

is that latitudes are lateral hmm and longitudes are long

let's learn about them one by one at first latitudes latitude lines Circle the globe in

East-West Direction it measures how far north or south a specific point lies from the equator

they're also known as parallels the equator at zero degrees separates the earth into northern and southern

hemisphere locations to its North lies in between zero degrees north to 90 degrees north

while to its South the positions are between zero degrees south and 90 degrees south

the distance between each degree of latitude is approximately 69 miles and now the longitudes

longitudinal lines run from the North Pole to the South Pole it measures how far east or west a point lies from the

prime meridian these are also known as Prime meridians longitudes can value from 0 degrees to

180 degrees east the distance between longitudes at the equator is the same as latitude roughly

69 miles at 45 degrees south or north the distance between is about 49 miles the distance between longitudes reaches

to zero at the poles has the lines of Meridian converge at that point now we'll see some of the notable

latitudes and longitudes the most important of these are the equator and the prime meridian

the equator is a line passing through the center of the earth and is considered as the reference point for

latitudes whereas the Prime Meridian is a line passing through Greenwich England and is considered as the reference point

for longitudes hmm it is also the source to calculate time and International Date Line each

degree refers to four minutes there are 24 time zones in the world if an event happens at 11 A.M in Greenwich

England it would be reported at 4 30 PM in Kolkata India the other important latitude is the

Tropic of Cancer in the North and the Tropic of Capricorn in the south apart from these the Arctic and

Antarctic Circle at 66.5 degrees north and south respectively are equally necessary

these latitudes divide the earth into the Tropic Zone it's the hottest Zone with countries like Colombia Brazil

Kenya temperate zone the moderate Zone with countries like India Japan United States

of America and the polar zone the coldest Zone with countries like Norway Iceland and

Finland penguins live in the polar zone southern hemisphere

that's it for today kids stay tuned for next video bye bye