Does latitude run north to south or east to west?

Answer 1

latitude runs East to west. Longitude runs north to south.

In other words, the lines of latitude are measured in degrees north and south of the equator and lines of longitude are measured in degrees east and west of the prime meridian.

Answer 2

Latitude is a north/south measurement. Lines of constant latitude

are drawn east/west.

Longitude is an east/west measurement. Lines of constant longitude

are drawn north/south.

Answer 3

Latitude lines run east to west and measure distance north or south of the equator.

Answer 4

Lines of latitude can run both from east to west or west to east because the Earth is round and there is no designated start point for lines of latitude.

Answer 5

Latitude is the angle measured from the equator

north or south to the place you're interested in.

Answer 6

Lines of latitude runs from east to west and longitude runs from north to south

Answer 7

Latitude is measured north and south from the Equator.

Any line composed of many points with the same latitude is an east/west line.

Answer 8

Lines of latitude run east-west.