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What imaginary line splits the earth into east and west hemispheres?
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The Prime Meridian is the meridian (line of longitude) at which longitude is defined to be 0°. The Prime Meridian and the opposite 180th meridian (at 180° longitude), which the generally follows, form a International date line great circle that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Unlike the parallels of latitude, which are defined by the rotational axis of the Earth (the poles being 90° and the Equator 0°), the Prime Meridian is arbitrary. By international convention, the modern Prime Meridian is one passing through Greenwich, London, United Kingdom, known as the International Meridian or Greenwich Meridian. Historically, various meridians have been used, including four different ones through Greenwich.
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What is the imaginary line that runs east and west and divides the world into northern and southern hemispheres?
Equater
Is the earth divided into 3 hemispheres?
No, It is divided into 4 hemispheres, South, North, East, and West.
What is the line that divides the earth and the northern hemisphere?
The equater divides earth into 2 hemispheres (North and South). The prime meridean divides Earth into 2 other hemispheres (East and West).
What is the 4 hemispheres the earth is divided into?
north, east, west, south
What is a line latitude?
ITS AN IMAGINARY LINES THAT CIRCLE THE EARTH GOING east and west....
What is the imaginary line that runs through the middle of the earth?
The Equator divides the Earth by the Northern and Southern hemispheres of the Earth, while the Prime Meridian divides the Earth by the East and West Hemispheres.
Which imaginary lines divide the earth into two hemispheres?
The longitude called the Prime Meridian divides the globe into eastern and western hemispheres.Could not the Equator enter into the equation?I thinking the equator has something to do withit.imani0906:we divide the earth into hemispheres in north,south,east and west
What is the imaginary line that runs east and west and divides the world into northern and southern hemispheres?
Equater
What is the imaginary line that divide the earth into northern and southern hemispheres?
The imaginary line is the equator, which runs east and west around the center of the globe.The equator is the imaginary line halfway between the North and South Poles and is at 0° degrees latitude. It divides the Earth into North and South Hemispheres. The Sun appears directly above the Equator at the Autumn and Spring equinox.Locations on the surface are defined by their angular distance north or south of the equator, which is latitude, and by their angular distance east or west of an arbitrary north-south line (the Prime Meridian) which is longitude.
What imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres?
The imaginary line is the equator, which runs east and west around the center of the globe.The equator is the imaginary line halfway between the North and South Poles and is at 0° degrees latitude. It divides the Earth into North and South Hemispheres. The Sun appears directly above the Equator at the Autumn and Spring equinox.Locations on the surface are defined by their angular distance north or south of the equator, which is latitude, and by their angular distance east or west of an arbitrary north-south line (the Prime Meridian) which is longitude.
Is the earth divided into 3 hemispheres?
No, It is divided into 4 hemispheres, South, North, East, and West.
The prime meridian helps to divide the earth into which two hemispheres?
The prime meridian divides earth into the East and West hemispheres.
What are the imaginary lnes that run east to west around earth called?
The imaginary lines that run around the earth in an east-west direction are lines of latitude or parallels.
What is the direction of earth's movement on the imaginary line?
east to west
What is located at 20 degrees west and 160 degrees east of the meridians?
The imaginary boundary between the Southern and Northern hemispheres is located at 20 degrees west and 160 degrees east of the Meridians. They are two semi-circular lines that are opposite of each other on the globe, which form an imaginary circle around the earth going through the poles.
What is the line that divides the earth and the northern hemisphere?
The equater divides earth into 2 hemispheres (North and South). The prime meridean divides Earth into 2 other hemispheres (East and West).
What are the hemispheres for earth?
As many as you like, but usually north & south OR east & west.
