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All the lines of longitude that meet at the poles are numbered, by degrees, minutes and seconds. Primary among these is the Prime Meridian -- 0 degrees -- and its opposite, the International Date Line -- ~180 degrees, which wanders a little for political reasons.
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∙ 12y agoOoooh! Almost but not quite. All lines of longitude meet at the north pole
and at the south pole.
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Lines of longitude meet where?
Lines of longitude meet at the North and South Poles.
As you move north or south from the equator the lines of longitude become what to one another?
closer
Where do lines of longitude converge (meet)?
-- All lines of longitude meet at the north and south poles. -- No two lines of latitude ever meet or cross each other. -- Every line of longitude crosses every line of latitude. -- Every line of latitude crosses every line of longitude. -- There are an infinite number of each kind, so there are an infinite number of places where a line of longitude crosses a line of latitude. (That's kind of the whole idea of the system.)
Where do the lines that run north to south come together at?
If you mean the longitude lines, as seen on a globe, they meet at the North Pole and at the South Pole.
As you move north to south from the equator lines of longitude become what to one another?
The meridians of longitude become closer together. Because eventually, at the poles, they all have to meet at the same points.
Do all lines of longitude meet at the equator?
Each line of latitude (the ones parallel to the Equator) crosses each line of longitude (the north - south lines).
Lines of longitude meet where?
Lines of longitude meet at the North and South Poles.
As you move north or south from the equator the lines of longitude become what to one another?
closer
Do the longitude lines meet at the north and south pole?
By definition, a line of longitude is an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator such that "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude".Therefore, all lines of longitude meet at a point at each of the poles.
At what point of earth do all lines of longitude meet?
All lines of longitude meet at the North and South Poles.
Where do lines of longitude converge (meet)?
-- All lines of longitude meet at the north and south poles. -- No two lines of latitude ever meet or cross each other. -- Every line of longitude crosses every line of latitude. -- Every line of latitude crosses every line of longitude. -- There are an infinite number of each kind, so there are an infinite number of places where a line of longitude crosses a line of latitude. (That's kind of the whole idea of the system.)
Where do the meridians meet?
The meridians meet at the poles, which are the points on Earth's surface where the lines of longitude converge. At the North Pole, all lines of longitude meet, and the same is true for the South Pole.
Where do the lines that run north to south come together at?
If you mean the longitude lines, as seen on a globe, they meet at the North Pole and at the South Pole.
As you move north to south from the equator lines of longitude become what to one another?
The meridians of longitude become closer together. Because eventually, at the poles, they all have to meet at the same points.
What are further apart at the equator than at the poles?
Lines of constant latitude don't cross the equator. Any two lines of constant longitude are farthest apart at the equator, and meet at the north and south poles.
How does the linear distance separating each 1 degree of longitude change as you move from the equator toward the poles?
The linear distance across each degree of longitude at the equator is about 60 miles. That's as far apart as those lines of longitude get. As the lines of longitude run north (or south) to the north (south) pole, they converge until they all meet at the pole. That translates like this: the linear distance separating each degree of longitude is a maximum at the equator, and decreases to zero at the pole.
What do the south pole and the north pole have in common?
The poles are the points on earth where all lines of longitude meet, each 90 degrees away from the equator.
