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What do lines of longitude or meridians extend from?
Each meridian of longitude joins the north and south poles.
What are the lines on a map running north-south that show distances east or west of the prime meridian?
Meridians of Longitude All of the other meridians; the lines of longitude.
What is meant by meridian in geography?
In geography, a meridian is a line of longitude that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and measures the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface. The Prime Meridian, located at 0 degrees longitude, is the starting point from which all other meridians are measured.
What the another name for a line of longitude?
A line of longitude may also be known as a meridian.Meridians (lines of Longitude) are great circles that go round the Earth through the North and South Poles. So they represent one-half of a polar circumference of the planet.The Prime Meridian runs through England (Greenwich) and is 0 degrees longitude.
How are parallels and meridian measured?
Parallels (latitude) are measured in degrees north or south of the equator, with 0 degrees being the equator. Meridians (longitude) are measured in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian, with 0 degrees being the Prime Meridian which runs through Greenwich, England. Longitude and latitude are used to define specific locations on Earth's surface.
What direction are meridians?
Every meridian is an imaginary semi-circle between the north and south poles. There are an infinite number of them, each one is more than 12,000 miles long, and every point on the same meridian has the same longitude.
What is the imaginary line joining the north and south pole called?
Any line that joins the north and south poles has the same longitude at every point on it. It's called the 'meridian' of that longitude.
Is Meridians bisect the globe and contain 360 degrees?
Meridians are lines of longitude that run north-south and connect the North Pole to the South Pole. There are 360 meridians that divide the Earth into 360 degrees of longitude, with the prime meridian at 0 degrees.
Is a meridian the same thing as the prime meridian?
No, a meridian is a line of longitude on a map stretching from the North Pole to the South Pole, while the prime meridian is the specific meridian designated as 0° longitude, from which all other longitudes are measured.
What are the imaginary lines that run from the North pole to the South pole along the surface of the planet?
Well i believe the answer your looking for is the axis. or it can be parallels of latitude or parallels of longitude or maybe meridians latitude maybe meridians of longitude you pick lol did i say tht
What is another name for longitude lines?
another name for a line of longitude is meridian.
What is the circumference of longitude at the prime meridian?
All meridians of longitude join the Earth's north and south pole, so the length of every meridian is 1/2 of the Earth's polar circumference.
