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Yes, the lines of longitude run north-south across the globe, dividing the Earth into the eastern and western hemispheres.

The Prime Meridian is the 0 degree of longitude that divides the eastern and western hemispheres.

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No. Latitude lines measure distance north and south, but the lines themselves are drawn around the globe east and west. Named lines of latitude (aka parallels) include the Equator, the Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn, the Arctic Circle, and the Antarctic Circle.

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Longitude is a measurement of an east-west angle. All of the points

that have the same longitude go together to form a north-south line.

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No. If you draw a line between any two points that have the same latitude,

your line will run east/west.

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Longitude is an east/west angle. So all the points

with the same longitude lie on a north/south line.

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No from North to South

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Do latitude or longitude lines run north and south?

Longitude


Which way do lines of longitude run?

North - South or South - North depending where you are at time


What is the direction that longitude runs?

Lines of longitude run North-South.


What lines run north and south on a map?

Meridians of longitude run north and south. Parallels of latitude run east and west.


Which way does the lines of longitude run?

North and South


Do lines of longitude run north-south?

Yes they do.


What are lines that run north to south?

Longitude, and meridians.


What are longitude lines?

lines that run from the north pole to the south pole!


Is longitude going down or up?

Lines of longitude run North-South.


Lines are and run north-south?

Longitude; not parallel


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.


Lines of longitude run in which direction?

Every meridian of constant longitude joins the north and south poles.