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Mnemonic: think of latitude and longitude as parts of a ladder. Lines of LONGitude are the LONG bars that run from South-to-North and lines of latitude are the
by bumbledraven 5y ago
Mnemonic: think of latitude and longitude as parts of a ladder. Lines of LONGitude are the LONG bars that run from South-to-North and lines of latitude are the rungs (East-to-West).
h/t https://www.geographyrealm.com/remember-difference-latitude-longitude/ https://www.geographyrealm.com/remember-difference-latitude-...
- pishpash 5y agoWell you got it backwards.
- School-Cotton 5y agoNo, longitude lines indeed run north-to-south (and, therefore, the longitude number measures how far east-to-west you are).
- pishpash 5y agoI read it wrong, as in latitudes are north-to-south gradations. Wasn't thinking of level lines.
- rhn_mk1 5y agoMnemonics aren't any more self-explanatory, they just rely on clumping extra arbitrary concepts, in the hope that something will stick.