SCS Maharashtra Board
Grade 6 | Geography | Chapter 3 - World of Coordinates
The basic units of measurements of the latitudes and longitudes.
Ans.
(1) The basic units of measurement of Latitudes and Longitudes are degrees, minutes and seconds.
(2) The distance between two consecutive longitudes on the Equator is 111 km.
(3) The distance between two consecutive latitudes on the Equator is 111 km. To express the location of places between (the two consecutive longitudes) the degrees are further divided into smaller units.
(4) The distance between two consecutive longitudes is 1° which is divided into 60 parts and each of these is of 1 minute. Further one minute is divided into 60 parts and each part is 1 second. Thus, the basic units of measurement of Latitudes and Longitudes are degrees, minutes and seconds.