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The line of 0° longitude is called the prime meridian (it is also known as the Greenwich Meridian).
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What lines are located at 0 degrees latitude and longitude?

The Equator is 0 degrees latitude, and the Prime (or Grenwich) Meridian is 0 degrees longitude.


What is the highest longitude lines?

The highest longitude lines are the prime meridian at 0 degrees longitude and the 180 degrees longitude line. These lines mark the starting point for longitude measurements to the east and west, respectively.


What country do the lines of 10 degrees north latitude 0 degrees longitude cross?

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What is name of the imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

They are called the lines of longitude. Lines of longitude range from 0 degrees on the prime meridian to 180 degrees.


Does 90 degrees west longitude have a name?

No. 90 degrees longitude is not a major line of longitude. Only 0 and 180 degrees longitude, which are the Greenwich Meridian and the International Date Line respectively, are major lines of longitude.


What imaginary line on the globe do longitude lines measure?

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Is the prime meridan at 0 degrees latitude or 0 degrees longitude?

longitude.


Is the prime meridian lt 0 degrees latitude 0 degrees longitude or 180 degrees latitude?

0 degrees longitude


Are the lines of latitude and longitude measured in inches degrees or hours?

The lines are never measured. They're only markers. Latitude and longitude are angles, that describe the locations of points on the surface of a sphere. They're expressed in units of angle measure, typically in decimal degrees, or degrees, minutes, and seconds.


Where can we find the equator and the prime meridian?

they are


What are the lines of longitude at and degrees?

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What longitude line is the prime meridian located?

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