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Longitude and Latitude Definition

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In this short movie , kids can lear the meaning and definition of longitude and lattitude. These are very important geography concepts for beginners as well as for kids.Latitude and longitude are very basic terms in geography.They help us to explain the location or position of a place on the globe. Latitudes and longitudes form a grid system on the globe,by knowing this we an easily find out any place on the earth. Latitudes are horizontal lines on the globe ,these are also known as parallels as they are at an equal distance from each other and never meet.Each degree of latitude is approximately 111 kilometers apart (69 miles),although there is little variation as the earth is not perfectly round as it is shaped slightly like an egg.