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What is the starting lines for measuring latitude and longitude?
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Latitude is an angle measured north or south from the equator.
Longitude is an angle measured east or west from the Prime Meridian
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∙ 12y agothe starting line is the equater
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What is the starting point for measuring latitude?
The starting point would be the equator. Lines of latitude run parallel to the equator.
Which line on maps and globes is the starting place for meauring latitude?
The equator is the starting line for measuring lines of latitude
Are latitude lines called meridian?
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
Why would you use lines of latitude and longitude?
Lines of latitude and longitude allows any position on the Earth to be plotted.
Where do you begin measuring lines of longitude?
The Prime Meridian - in Greenwich, England - is where the starting point for measuring longitude is.
What is the starting point for measuring latitude?
The starting point would be the equator. Lines of latitude run parallel to the equator.
Which line on maps and globes is the starting place for meauring latitude?
The equator is the starting line for measuring lines of latitude
Are the lines of Capricorn and cancer lines of longitude or latitude?
latitude?
What lines are parallel to the equator?
lines of latitude
Are latitude lines called meridian?
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
Are the parallel lines on a globe called longitude or latitude lines?
Latitude.
Lines of latitude and lines of longitude are perpendicular to?
Every meridian of longitude is perpendicular to every parallel of latitude, and every parallel of latitude is perpendicular to every meridian of longitude.
What are The lines that intercept latitude lines on a map Are lines of what?
The lines that intercept latitude lines are lines of longitude.
What lines are part of a grid system on the map?
Latitude and longitude
Where do you begin measuring lines of longitude?
The Prime Meridian - in Greenwich, England - is where the starting point for measuring longitude is.
Lines of latitude are perpendicular to it?
Lines of Longitude
What is the most important thing about longitude and latitude?
Longitude lines go vertically and latitude lines go horizontally.
