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Do longitude lines go up and down?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

That depends on how you hold your map or mount your globe.

The longitude of any place is the angle east or west between that place

and the Prime Meridian. A line of constant longitude connects the north

and south poles.

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