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meridians are also called longitude because they are the same word and they have the same meaning they just came up with another word for longitude

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Longitude lines are also called?

meridians


Are the lines of longitude also called meridians?

Yes, lines of longitude are also known as meridians. For example: 0° longitude is the the prime meridian.


What are the lines that define longitude also called?

Meridians.


What are lines of also longitude called?

Longitude is the best term, but sometimes meridian is used. The line of longitude at zero degrees is the Prime Meridian.


What is another name to call longitude?

Lines of longitude are also called meridians.


Are lines of longitude also called meridians?

yesYes.


Why are meridians also called lines of longitude?

Every point on a meridian has the same longitude.


Why are meridians also called longitude?

longitude are lines that go from north poles to south poles just like longitude lines meridians are vertical and are form north to south u get it rite?


Why longitude lines are also called median?

meridians are imaginary lines that are not parallel to each other.


Meridians are also called lines of?

longitude 👍👍👍👍


What is Vertical lines on a map are also called?

Vertical lines on a map are also called lines of longitude or meridians. These lines run from the North Pole to the South Pole and are used to measure the east-west position of a location on Earth. The prime meridian, located at 0 degrees longitude, is the starting point for measuring these lines.


Lines of longitude called what?

Meridians of longitude; parallels of latitude. Remember that meridians are all the same length (20,000 km) and that they meet at the poles. Parallels are, well, parallel, and are different lengths, the longest being the Equator.