If you described washington dc as being south of new york city you would be describing its

You would be describing its Longitude because longitude lines go up and down.

Geothermic gradient is the rate of increasing temperature with respect to increasing the depth in the earths interior. away from tech tonic plates boundaries, it is about 25-40 c/km (72-87 degrees f/mi) of depth near the surface in most of the world.

Answerstratovolcanoes///near or in the ring of fire;