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What are the lines that circle the globe in east-west and north-south directions?
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∙ 14y ago
"Lines of Latitude" and "parallels" are both used. Please note that the "lines" are imaginary; you'll never see one on the ground. Just on a map.
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∙ 13y ago
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What are the 6 special names on a globe?
Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Antartica Circle, Prime Meridian
What imaginary parallel lines run around the globe?
Yes. Horizontal lines of latitude that run across the globe are known as parallels or latitude.
A type of imaginary line that circles the globe north to south is what?
There's no particular set or system of lines that circle the globe north and south.However, the imaginary semi-circular lines that join the north and south polesare the meridians of longitude. Each of them spans half of the globe.
What is found at the top of the globe?
The Arctic Ocean, the North Pole, the Arctic Circle.
How many imaginary lines are there?
they are : equator,antarctic circle,tropic of cancer,tropic of Capricorn and Arctic circle.
Which is the longest Circle in the globe?
The largest line of circumference on the globe is the Equator.
What shape is shakespeares globe?
circle
How You Would Describe A Globe?
circle
How would describe a globe?
circle
What circle is the largest circle that can be drawn around a sphere such as a globe?
general astronomy
What was the globe theatre shaped like?
it was a circle
On this globe what does J represent?
antarctic circle
What does the expression circle the globe mean?
to circumnavigate
What completely circles the globe?
There are many things which completely circle the globe. The first thing that comes to mind is the equator, but the artic and Antarctic circles also circle the globe (as well as every other degree of latitude). The taiga forest circles the globe. The atmosphere circles the globe.
What are the lines that circle a globe north to south?
Longitude.
What do we call the parallel lines that circle the globe?
Cdm
What was the first ship to circle the globe?
THE VICTORIA SHIP
