A line running north and south/ up and down is called a vertical line.
They are lines of Longitude, and run vertically from the North to the South Poles.
LATITUDE
Axis
north and south
The imaginary lines that run from north to south are called lines of longitude. The most significant one is the international date line, which divides the extreme east from the extreme west.
The Prime Meridian.
You're thinking of the Prime Meridian.
A line that runs from the north pole to the south pole is called a line of longitude.
An imaginary line which runs round the globe, called the "equator".
Axis
north and south
North and South Pole. Look at the line of the meridian- it runs all the way North, and all the way South.
An imaginary line which runs round the globe, called the "equator".
it is the line that runs from north to south throught the north pole and the south pole
The line that divides the north and south hemispheres is called the equator.
The International Date Line or axis
A meridian, or a line of longitude.
The Prime Meridian at which the line of Longitude is defined to be 0 degrees runs through England north to south.
That line is called the Prime Meridian and it runs from the north pole to the south pole, mostly over the ocean.