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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.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoParallels and meridians.
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Are latitude lines called meridian?
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
What are the lines on the globe called?
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.
What lines connect the North and South pole?
Longitude, longitudinal As opposed to latitude (horizontal lines circling the earth.
What are lines of also longitude called?
Longitude is the best term, but sometimes meridian is used. The line of longitude at zero degrees is the Prime Meridian.
Is it true that the lines of latitude called meridians never touch?
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.
Are the parallel lines on a globe called longitude or latitude lines?
Latitude.
Are latitude lines called meridian?
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
What is the pattern of lines that circle the globe east-west and north-south called?
Lines of latitude and longitude.
What are the lines of the globe called?
latitude and longitude
What are the lines on the globe that look like a checkerboard called?
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
Why there is an imaginary lines on globe?
Those lines are called longitude and latitude.
What are the lines that circle the earth called?
I think its called the equator.
What lines connect the North and South pole?
Longitude, longitudinal As opposed to latitude (horizontal lines circling the earth.
What are the lines on the globe called?
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.
Lines of the globe?
East-West lines are called lines of latitude. North-South lines are called lines of longitude.
What are lines of also longitude called?
Longitude is the best term, but sometimes meridian is used. The line of longitude at zero degrees is the Prime Meridian.
Is it true that the lines of latitude called meridians never touch?
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.
