Sixty Degrees North: Around the World in Search of Home

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Latitude increases as you go North, making the Northern Hemisphere positive latitude and the Southern Hemisphere negative latitude. Paris, for example, is at about 48, 2. Latitude usually comes first in the pairing. Latitude runs between 90 degrees South (-90) and 90 degrees North, both extremes coming at the Earth’s poles.

For example, let's see how to write the coordinates for two places: the Empire State Building in New York - a city located west of the Prime Meridian and in the northern hemisphere - and Sydney Opera House - east of the Prime Meridian and in the southern hemisphere.You've surely heard of the Three Little Pigs fairy tale, right? But you probably didn't hear about the Three Little Pigs and the Wind Belts. Don't worry, though; I'll tell you the story. But before I start, I should fill you in on wind belts, or wind generated by the earth's rotation and unequal heating from the sun. We'll get into the details of that definition when we examine the three main wind belts: the polar easterlies, the tropical easterlies, and the prevailing westerlies. Oh yeah, all of our piggies inhabit the Northern Hemisphere, so even though we'll mention the Southern Hemisphere, the focus will be on the Northern Hemisphere. Now this little piggy had to deal with the polar easterlies, because of where he lived. The polar easterlies are winds that are found between 60 and 90 degrees north and south latitude that blow from the poles and are deflected towards the west. Latitude - higher latitudes are colder. With the UK between 50 and 59 degrees north, it receives cooler temperatures than countries in lower latitudes. Finally, we looked at the prevailing westerlies which are winds that are located between 30 and 60 degrees and blow towards the poles. The angular distance, north or south of the equator. Latitude measurements range from 90 degrees north to zero at the equator, to 90 degrees south.

The pressure belts are associated with typical weather conditions, and the prevailing winds lead to seasonal climatic changes in many places on Earth. All low-pressure areas are associated with high precipitation (one of the reasons rainforests are found along the Equator), and all high-pressure areas are associated with arid climates (most deserts of the world are found in this zone). What Causes Global Wind Patterns? To find the gps coordinates of your current location, you must give us permission to access your geolocation information. You should New York is on the East Coast, but London is on the ‘West Coast,’ with its winter air coming mostly from the ocean rather than the continent. When you consider that New York is substantially closer to the equator than Britain (it is at a far lower latitude – 40 degrees North vs. 60 degrees North), it’s easy to see why. At 45 degrees north latitude, what cities are there?

Ajoy to read, its prose as clear as the light on the Greenland ice-cap" Michael Kerr, the Telegraph. To get even more specific, we narrowed down to 11 cities that are less than a degree away from Earth’s horizontal midpoint. The closest to the equator is Pontianak in Indonesia, whose city center is within one second (1/60th of a degree) of zero degrees latitude.