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What is the measurement of distance north or south of the prime meridian?
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Latitude is the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator. Longitude is the measurement of distance east or west of the prime meridian.
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Do the lines of longitude measure the distance north and south or east and west on a gobe?
Longitude is a measurement of the angular distance east or west from the Prime Meridian, which passes through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.
What are north south lines on a map that shows distance from the prime meridian?
Lines of longitude
What is the distance of the prime meridian?
-- The longitude of the Prime Meridian is zero. -- Every point on the Prime Meridian has a different latitude. -- For every possible latitude, there is a point on the Prime Meridian.
Locations distance east or west of the prime meridian?
The distance east or west of the prime meridian?
Is North Korea west or east of the prime meridian?
North Korea is east of the Prime Meridian.
How far is Los Angeles from prime meridian?
Downtown Los Angeles is 118.25° west of the Prime Meridian. The distance from Los Angeles to the nearest point on the Prime Meridian is 3,866 miles. (The nearest point on the Prime Meridian is the north Pole.)
Do the lines of longitude measure the distance north and south or east and west on a gobe?
Longitude is a measurement of the angular distance east or west from the Prime Meridian, which passes through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.
What are north south lines on a map that shows distance from the prime meridian?
Lines of longitude
What is the distance of the prime meridian?
-- The longitude of the Prime Meridian is zero. -- Every point on the Prime Meridian has a different latitude. -- For every possible latitude, there is a point on the Prime Meridian.
What is to the distance north and south of the equator as longitude is east and west of the prime meridian?
That's 'latitude'.
At what latitude does the prime meridian lie?
The Prime Meridian is a Longitudinal line. That is, it runs North and South between the poles. Latitudinal lines run parallel to the equator and measure distance North or South of the equator. They run East and West, perpendicular to longitudinal lines. The Prime Meridian is at all latitudes.
Locations distance east or west of the prime meridian?
The distance east or west of the prime meridian?
What are the measures distance east and west of the prime meridian?
Longitud is used to measure the distance of east and west from the prime meridian
Is North Korea west or east of the prime meridian?
North Korea is east of the Prime Meridian.
Is most of Europe north or south of the prime meridian?
The prime meridian runs north and south through England, so most of Europe is EAST of the prime meridian.
Measures distance east and west from prime meridian?
longitude lines are east and westlatitude are north and south
What is longitude means?
longitude: distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured in degrees from a certain meridian. (line from the North to the South Pole.)Or you can check out this website it has a lot on geography:See related link below
