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What are the lines that measure east and west on the globe?
Michele7
The lines that go east to west are longitudinal.
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Lines of the globe?
East-West lines are called lines of latitude. North-South lines are called lines of longitude.
What does lines of longitude measure?
Lines of longitude measure how far something is east or west of the Prime Meridian.
Is altitude north and south?
Altitude is height above the ground. Latitude and Longitude are map coordinates. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps and locate your position on the globe in the North-South direction.
What is the diameter of earth west to east?
4890 west to east 4799 east to west
Does air masses generally travel from east to west?
No...from west to east across the USA
Do the lines of measure the distance north and south or east and west on the globe?
The lines of latitude on a globe measure the distance east and west.
Do the longitude lines on a globe measure the distance north and south or east and west?
They measure east and west
Do the lines of measure the distance north and south or east and west on a globe?
east west
Do the lines of longitude on a globe measure the distance north and south or east and west?
east west
Do lines of longitude measure the distance of North and South or east and west on a globe?
east west
Is longitude around the globe or east and west?
Lines of longitude run north-south and measure east-west.
What lines drawn on maps help locate places?
Latitude lines are imaginary lines that run East to West but measure North to South on the Globe. I remember latitude is fatitude. Longitude lines go North to South but measure East to West. I remember it as LONGitude.
What are the lines that run east and west on a globe?
Lines that run east and west is called Latitude. The opposite lines are known as longitude.
Which lines measure distance east and west of the prime Meridian and what is another name for them?
longtitude and latitude are the lines used to pin point your location on the globe, are these the lines you are refering to?
What are the imaginary lines on a globe that run east to west and measure the distance north to south?
Those would be the 'parallels' of constant latitude.
What direction does longitude travel on the globe?
Longitude lines connect the North and South Poles and measure distances east or west of Greenwich.
What are east-west parallel lines around the globe?
latitude
