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0 longitude is the prime meridian. 0 latitude is the equator.

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Are latitude lines called meridian?

Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.


What is another name lines on a grid?

For Maps, it is latitude and longitude.


What is another name for parallel lines?

latitude lines is another name for parallels and longitude lines are called meridians


What is another name lines of latitude and longitude?

Parallels and meridians, respectively.


What are the special name of latitude and longitude?

The special name given to lines of latitude is "parallels," and the special name given to lines of longitude is "meridians." These lines form a grid system that helps in locating any point on the Earth's surface.


The lines that intersect latitude lines on a map are lines of what?

Lines of Latitude encircle the Earth horizontally, and are parallel to the Equator. Lines of Latitude are intercepted by Lines of Longitude. Lines of Longitude run vertically from the North Pole to the South Pole. The Prime Meridian is zero longitude and passes through the Greenwich Observatory, Greenwich, London, England.


What name of lines of longitude?

No "named" line of longitude crosses Australia. The Tropic of Capricorn (latitude) crosses Australia.


What is the name of the exact spot where a degree of latitude and longitude meet?

It is called absolute location.


Another name for latitude lines is?

Lines of longitudes are also called Meridians. These vertical lines are drawn from the North to South poles.The meridian through Greenwich, England, called the Prime Meridian, was set at zero degrees of longitude. The meridian on the opposite side of the earth from Greenwich is called the International Date Line (IDL), which is at roughly 180° longitude.


What are two names for the lines name for the lines that run east to west?

East to west- Latitude Lines North to south- Longitude Lines


What is the other name for line?

The imaginary semi-circular "lines" of constant longitude are "meridians". The imaginary full-circular "lines" of constant latitude are "parallels".


What is the name for all the vertical and horizontal lines found on a globe?

They are lines of longitude and latitude, often just longitudes and latitudes.