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The Prime Meridian is an imaginary line.

All longitudes are reckoned as angles from it,

and all parallels of latitude cross it.

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What lines of longitude are measured east andwest of the what imaginary line?

prime meridian


What is the imaginary line that runs east to west?

The imaginary line is called the Prime Meridian.


The zero degree longitude line called?

This imaginary circle is called the prime meridian. it is an imaginary line that circles the globe vertically and is typically measured as beginning in Greenwich, England.


Imaginary line that runs through England?

prime meridian


The prime meridian is an imaginary line from which lines of what are constructed to help determine location?

The Prime Meridian is an imaginary line from which angles east and west are measured in order to help define and describe locations. The angle thus measured is called the location's 'longitude'.


What is the imaginary line from which other meridians are measured?

AnswerIt's not the equator. The equator is a latitude line. Meridians are longitude lines. The answer you're looking for is "Greenwich meridian"or "The Prime Meridian".


What is another name for longitude lines?

another name for a line of longitude is meridian.


What line does the prime meridian run on?

The Prime Meridian is the imaginary line made up of all points on Earth with zero longitude.


What are the imaginary lines that circle the earth east and west of the prime meridian?

The 'lines' that appear east and west of the Prime Meridian are the other meridians of longitude. But they don't circle the Earth. Each meridian is a semi-circle that joins the north and south poles, and has the same longitude at every point on it.


What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into eastern and the Western hemispheres?

The imaginary line that divides the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres is the Prime Meridian, which runs through Greenwich, England. This line serves as the 0° line of longitude and separates the Eastern Hemisphere (to the east of the Prime Meridian) from the Western Hemisphere (to the west of the Prime Meridian).


What is the imaginary line called at longitude 0?

Prime meridian


The imaginary line that is 0 longitude is called the?

Prime Meridian