Latitude | Longitude |
1. It divides the Earth horizontally into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. | It divides the Earth vertically into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. |
2. The imaginary lines of latitude are usually known as parallels of latitude. | The imaginary lines of longitude are usually known as meridians of longitude. |
3. Latitudinal lines are parallel to each other; they reduce in size as they move towards the poles. | Longitudinal lines are of the same length; they all cut the Earth into two equal halves. |