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Question
The extent of a road or a river course is described with the help of the latitude of a point in the source and the longitude of a point at the end.
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Solution
The statement is wrong.
Correct statement: The extent of a road or a river course is described with the help of the latitude and longitude of a point in the source and the latitude and longitude of a point at the end.
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