SST Revision Sa1 (Latitude and Longitude)

​SST Revision SA1

(Lat​itude and Longitude)

The Earth is a giant sphere that bulges at the centre. In the absence of a reference point it is difficult to locate geographical features like : mountains, rivers, and also places like cities etc.​

​Latitude Definition

The imaginary horizontal line that passes through the centre of the Earth marks as the base for other parallel imaginary lines covering the planet. These imaginary horizontal lines are called Parallels of Latitude.​

The word 'latitude' originates from the Latin word latus meaning wide.​