A SENSE OF PLACE Upper Primary 4..5

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LOCATE PLACES USING LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE LINES
Look at a globe and identify the 0 o
Line of Latitude – Equator. It is the
starting point for reading Latitudes.
North and South Latitude lines are
visible both to the right and left of the
Equator. They increase at 10 o intervals
up to 180 o . Next, locate the 0 o Line of
Longitude – Prime Meridian. In the
same way, East Longitude and West
Longitude lines run on both sides of
the Prime Meridian.
Now, if the coordinates to a location
are known then you may locate the
specific place as follows. Latitude is
read first followed by Longitude. Let us
use the coordinates (30 o North
Latitude, 90 o West Longitude). From
the Equator, move upwards in a
northern direction to find the 10 o North
Line of Latitude. Next, from the Prime
Meridian locate the 60 o West Line of
Longitude. Our target location is at the
point where these two lines ‘meet.’ If
your finger landed on New Orleans,
USA, you got it!
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