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lattitude. think of it as a ladder goin up and the other ones goin down are longitude and the one in the middle is the prime meridian
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What are the lines on a map that measure distances east and west?
Longitude lines.
What are the lines running east and west on a map?
Latitude
What is the east west lines on a map that show distance from the equator?
lines of latitude
Which line on the map divides east from west?
The Prime Meridian at 0 degrees longitude is the line on the map that divides east from west. Locations to the east of the Prime Meridian are considered in the Eastern Hemisphere, while locations to the west are in the Western Hemisphere.
Do the lines of longitude on a map go from West-East or North-South?
The lines of longitude on a map goes from north-south
How do the lines of latitudes appear on a map?
from west to east and not from north to south
What do lines of longitude measure on a map from east or west?
Either or both.
What are lines of latitude A the equator B lines that go east or west around the globe or map C hemisphere?
The lines of latitude are lines that go east and west around the globe or map ,the equater us the line in the middle that separates north and south :)
In which direction do parallel lines go on a map?
It depends on the scale of the map. On a map of the world or a continent, the parallel lines will generally go horizontally across the map - East to West. For a large scale map, showing a small country or a local area, the vertical lines (North - South) will also be shown as parallel.
The imaginary east west lines used by geographers as references on a map are called?
latitude!
Which of these measures distances east or west on a map?
Longitude measures distances east or west on a map.
What lines called that run around the earth in an east-west direction?
They are sometimes called "parallels of latitude", or just "latitude lines". The east-west lines on the map measure the latitude in degrees north or south of the equator.
