Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
Lines of latitude and longitude allows any position on the Earth to be plotted.
longitude
Most maps will show latitude and longitude lines, if not, they're ALWAYS on a globe.
Lines of latitude and longitude allow a specific point to be located any where on the world.
The lines of latitude and longitude are important because we need them to describe exactly where a point is on Earth.
latitude?
lines of latitude
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
Latitude.
Every meridian of longitude is perpendicular to every parallel of latitude, and every parallel of latitude is perpendicular to every meridian of longitude.
The lines that intercept latitude lines are lines of longitude.
Latitude and longitude
Lines of Longitude
Longitude lines go vertically and latitude lines go horizontally.
Every parallel of latitude crosses every meridian of longitude.
Lines of latitude and longitude allows any position on the Earth to be plotted.