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What are the lines on a map running north-south that show distances east or west of the prime meridian?

Meridians of Longitude All of the other meridians; the lines of longitude.


What are meridians lines of?

the lines that go up and down, south and north on a map, like the prime meridian.


What kind of lines are meridians?

the lines that go up and down, south and north on a map, like the prime meridian.


What lines on a map that run parallel to the Prime Meridian?

The only lines that can run parallel to the Prime Meridian on any map are other meridians of longitude, and the only map on which they can be printed parallel to it is a Mercator Projection. They are not really parallel to the Prime Meridian.


How are the meridians on the map different from the meridians on a globe?

Meridians on a globe get closer and eventually merge at the North and South Poles. On a map (a flat plane) the meridians are drawn parallel and there is distortion at the poles, most noticeable on a world map.


Is 120 degrees west longitude parallel to the prime meridian?

Meridians are not parallel. They join at the poles. Parallels of latitude is a common phrase. Meridians of longitude look parallel on the the map, but they're not on the globe.


What are meridians of longitudes and parallels of latitudes?

Name the two meridians east of the meridian on this map.


What is the total number of meridians on the globe?

meredians on a globe are number starting with prime meridian at greenwich which is marked as 0.meridians are drawn at an interval of 1.there are 180 meridians towards the east and 180 towards the west of the prime meridian.the meridian which are towards the east are marked as e and the meridians towards the west are marked as w.thus there are 360 meridians


Where is the prime meridians in the map?

If the Prime Meridian is printed on your map at all, it's a line between the north and south poles that passes through England, France Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Ghana. the eastern Atlantic Ocean, and Antarctica.


Are the prime meridians evenly divisible by 30?

Earth can be divided into an infinite number of meridians, but only one of them is prime, which means most important or number one. The Prime Meridian is 0° longitude. The complete set of meridians covers a total of 360°, which is evenly divisible by 30.


What are both east and west of the prime meridians?

Antarctica


What is the prime meridians job?

to split the earth in half