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Which hemispheres do the Prime Meridian and the International Dateline divide the earth into?
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The Equator devides the earth in to North and South hemispheres
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The prime meridian helps to divide the earth into which two hemispheres?
The prime meridian divides earth into the East and West hemispheres.
What do the hemispheres do?
In terms of the Earth, the hemispheres act in a way to divide the planet into two equal halves. The two hemispheres are joined together by a line called the Equator.
Does the equator divide the earth into eastern and western hemisphere?
No, the equator divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres. Relatively the meridian is the factor that determines the Eastern/ Western hemisphere and the one that counts 0 degrees [Prime Meridian] passes over Greenwich in UK and the opposite [180degrees] represents the international date line of Earth. Meridians count longitude 0-180 degrees East/ West while the latitude lines [0-90degrees] depict on which hemisphere North or South a place is located.
Why do some mapmakers divide the eastern and western hemispheres at 20 degrees west?
Geographers divide the Earth into hemispheres so that they can navigate. This also helps them to more accurately map the Earth using longitudinal and latitudinal lines.
What imaginary lines divide the Earth into 4 halves?
The Prime Meridian and the Equator.
What line divide west and east?
The Prime Meridian/International Date Line divide the western and eastern hemispheres
What does the Prime Meridian divide the world into?
East and West Hemispheres
The prime meridian helps to divide the earth into which two hemispheres?
The prime meridian divides earth into the East and West hemispheres.
What two important imaginary lines divide the hemispheres?
The Prime Meridian and the Equator
What imaginary lines divide the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres.?
Prime Meridian
How does the global grid divide divide earth?
The equator divides the Earth into two. Each half is called a hemisphere. The equator divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres. The prime meridian and the 180 dgrees meridian divide Earth into eastern and western hemispheres.
Which two lines of longitude divide the earth into eastern an western hemispheres?
The Prime Meridian and the meridian of 180° longitude, together, do.
Which two hemispheres does the prime meridian divide the earth into?
north pole to south pole
Does a line of longitude divide the earth into the northern or Southern hemispheres?
No, longitude (the prime meridian) divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres.
What lines divide the world into hemispheres?
The equator breaks the Earth up into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. The prime meridian breaks up Earth into the Western and Eastern hemispheres.
What two lines divide earth into its four hemispheres?
latitude logitude
What are the hemispheres divided by?
A hemisphere is half a sphere so there can only be two - at a time. The equator divides the Earth's surface into Northern and Southern hemispheres. The prime meridian and the antipodal longitude (180°E and 180°W, near the International Date Line) divide the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
