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What are lines of also longitude called?

Longitude is the best term, but sometimes meridian is used. The line of longitude at zero degrees is the Prime Meridian.


Are latitude lines called meridian?

Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.


What is the other name for line?

The imaginary semi-circular "lines" of constant longitude are "meridians". The imaginary full-circular "lines" of constant latitude are "parallels".


What are the nicknames for latitude and longitude?

Latitude is often referred to as parallels, and longitude is often called meridians.


Are the parallel lines on a globe called longitude or latitude lines?

Latitude.


What is the Network of parallels and meridians on the globe is called?

You mean latitude and longitude?


What is intersecting of longitude and latitude called as?

coordinates


What are the lines of the globe called?

latitude and longitude


What are the coordinates of a location called?

longitude and latitude


How is the Prime Meridian measured lines of latitude or longitude?

The so-called 'lines' of longitude are also called 'meridians'. The Prime Meridian is a line of longitude. It's the line made out of all the points on Earth whose longitude is zero.


What is one measurement on a map called?

latitude or longitude...


What are the lines on the globe called?

The key lines are latitude and longitude. These are based on specific points. The equator is the latitude around the center of the earth. Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian, which goes through the Greenwich Observatory in England.The Tropics and the Arctic/Antarctic Circle are also key.