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What is the starting point for measuring lines of longitude called?
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The Prime Meridian (long) The Equator (lat)
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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 lines for measuring latitude and longitude?
Latitude is an angle measured north or south from the equator. Longitude is an angle measured east or west from the Prime Meridian
Are latitude lines called meridian?
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
Lines of longitude on earth run from due north to due south are called?
These invisible lines that circle the earth and are vertical or running north to south are longitude or meridian lines. These lines are also perpendicular to lines called latitudes that are parallel to the equator.
What is a line of longitude called besides parallel?
Lines of longitude are often called "meridians", but never "parallels". "Parallels" are lines of constant latitude.
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 lines for measuring latitude and longitude?
Latitude is an angle measured north or south from the equator. Longitude is an angle measured east or west from the Prime Meridian
What are imaginary vertical lines called?
longitude lines?
What are meridians called?
lines of longitude
What are the lines that circle the earth called?
I think its called the equator.
Are latitude lines called meridian?
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
Lines of longitude on earth run from due north to due south are called?
These invisible lines that circle the earth and are vertical or running north to south are longitude or meridian lines. These lines are also perpendicular to lines called latitudes that are parallel to the equator.
What are the vertical lines around our globe called?
Lines of longitude.
Are the lines that run pole to pole are called?
Lines of Longitude
Lines of the globe?
East-West lines are called lines of latitude. North-South lines are called lines of longitude.
What are the lines on the globe that look like a checkerboard called?
the lines on the globe are called longitude and latitude lines the longitude lines go up and down while the latitude lines go left to right
What is a line of longitude called besides parallel?
Lines of longitude are often called "meridians", but never "parallels". "Parallels" are lines of constant latitude.
