Latitude and longitude are angles. A pair of numbers comprising one of each
describes the exact location of a point anywhere on the earth's surface.
If you mark a point on a globe or a map at every place that has the same longitude,
the points form a line between the north and south poles.
If you mark a point on a globe or map at every place that has the same latitude,
the points form a circular line parallel to the equator.
The lines don't measure anything, any more than the marks on a ruler do.
Latitude and longitude are the angles on the Earth's surface, measured between
zero-references and the location you're trying to find or describe. Some maps and
globes have some latitudes and longitudes marked on them, to help you estimate
the angles. Just like the marks on a ruler.
Parallels and meridians.
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
The key lines are latitude and longitude. These are based on specific points. The equator is the latitude around the center of the earth. Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian, which goes through the Greenwich Observatory in England.The Tropics and the Arctic/Antarctic Circle are also key.
Longitude is the best term, but sometimes meridian is used. The line of longitude at zero degrees is the Prime Meridian.
Not quite. Lines of latitude are called parallels, and they never touch each other. The meridians are lines of longitude, and all of them converge at the poles.
Lines of longitude are often called "meridians", but never "parallels". "Parallels" are lines of constant latitude.
Latitude.
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
latitude and longitude
the lines on the globe are called longitude and latitude lines the longitude lines go up and down while the latitude lines go left to right
The key lines are latitude and longitude. These are based on specific points. The equator is the latitude around the center of the earth. Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian, which goes through the Greenwich Observatory in England.The Tropics and the Arctic/Antarctic Circle are also key.
I think its called the equator.
Those lines are called longitude and latitude.
The pattern of lines that circle the globe east-west are called lines of latitude, while the lines that circle the globe north-south are called lines of longitude. Together, they form a grid system that helps in locating points on the Earth's surface.
East-West lines are called lines of latitude. North-South lines are called lines of longitude.
Longitude is the best term, but sometimes meridian is used. The line of longitude at zero degrees is the Prime Meridian.
Not quite. Lines of latitude are called parallels, and they never touch each other. The meridians are lines of longitude, and all of them converge at the poles.
Lines of longitude are often called "meridians", but never "parallels". "Parallels" are lines of constant latitude.