Longitude measures the distance east and west of the prime meridian.
The equator......:) right?
Longitude
through the Prime Meridian.
Location of a point on the surface of the earth.
If one of them is the "prime" meridian, what do you suppose the others might be called? If you guessed "meridians", you win.
The longitude of a location is its angle east or west of the Prime Meridian.
longitude
through the Prime Meridian.
Longitud is used to measure the distance of east and west from the prime meridian
Longitud is used to measure the distance of east and west from the prime meridian
Location of a point on the surface of the earth.
Lines of longitude pass from pole to pole, and the Prime Meridian passes through the Greenwich Observatory. London, UK, and is zero.
Longitud is used to measure the distance of east and west from the prime meridian
Longitude lines. They are also called meridians.
If one of them is the "prime" meridian, what do you suppose the others might be called? If you guessed "meridians", you win.
The Prime Meridian is a Longitudinal line. That is, it runs North and South between the poles. Latitudinal lines run parallel to the equator and measure distance North or South of the equator. They run East and West, perpendicular to longitudinal lines. The Prime Meridian is at all latitudes.
The longitude of a location is its angle east or west of the Prime Meridian.
longtitude and latitude are the lines used to pin point your location on the globe, are these the lines you are refering to?
Prime Meridian.