What is the difference between a fathom and a league?
Why do British use miles per hour?
Speed limits throughout most of the world are set in kilometres per hour (km∕h). The UK remains the only country in Europe, and the Commonwealth, that still defines speed limits in miles per hour (mph).
Do they use miles or km in UK?
The United States is the only real stronghold of the imperial system in the world to-date. Here, using miles and gallons is the norm, even though scientists do use metric, new units like megabytes and megapixels are metric as well and runners compete for 100 meters like everywhere else in the world.
A nautical mile is based on the circumference of the earth, and is equal to one minute of latitude. It is slightly more than a statute (land measured) mile (1 nautical mile = 1.1508 statute miles ). Nautical miles are used for charting and navigating.
Why is it called a fathom?
1 League: 1 League (metric) = 4 000 meters (SI unit). 1 Fathom: Unit of length measuring exactly 6 feet or 2 yards (international foot of 0.3048 meters).
