Every meridian of longitude connects the north and south poles. Its length is
1/2 of the earth's polar circumference ... about 19,970 km / 12,409 miles.
meridians?
The smaller word within "longitude" is "long."
long
It's long.
All lines of longitude are equally long, beginning and ending at the poles.
Long,Lat
latitude and longitude
Parallel lines across the Earth
for longitude you could say long and latitude you could say horizontal
latitude in Greek means "wide" while longitude means "long"
Long: -5.531094 Lat: 50.119768
Latitude: 62.453972° Longitude: -114.371789°