The main lines of latitude are the equator, the Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn, the Arctic Circle, and the Antarctic Circle.
The main lines of longitude are the Greenwich (pronounced grenich) Meridian, or Prime Meridian, and the International Date Line.
The major line of longitude located at 180 degrees longitude is the International Date Line.
another name for a line of longitude is meridian.
Any line that joins the north and south poles has the same longitude at every point on it. It's called the 'meridian' of that longitude.
The prime meridian.
A line of constant longitude is often called a "meridian". A line of constant latitude is often called a "parallel".
The major line of longitude located at 180 degrees longitude is the International Date Line.
The major longitude is the Greenwich meridian. The other is the line of longitude on the opposite side of the earth - more or less the International Date Line. Except that it is not a straight pole-to-pole line.
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.
A line of constant longitude is often referred to as a 'meridian'.
another name for a line of longitude is meridian.
A Line of longitude is an invisible line going north to south on the earth. The main one is called the prime meridian.
meridian
The 0' line of longitude is called the Greenwich Meridian because it passes through Greenwich, Lonon
International Date Line
The so-called 'lines' of longitude are also called 'meridians'. The Prime Meridian is a line of longitude. It's the line made out of all the points on Earth whose longitude is zero.
Any line that joins the north and south poles has the same longitude at every point on it. It's called the 'meridian' of that longitude.
The Prime Meridian