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The international date line roughly follows which meridian and why does it vary from that meridian in places?
Greenwich
What line of longitude is found opposite of prime meridian?
The International Date Line.
Why does the date line vary fro that meridian places?
The international date line zig-zags to avoid intersecting land.
What line is the meridian of?
Greenwich Meridian is a line of longatude.
Which term is also known as a meridian line?
The lines of longitude are also known as a meridian line.
Which line of longitude is found opposite of the Prime Meridian?
The major line of longitude located at 180 degrees longitude is the International Date Line.
Is the prime meridian a line of latitude or a line of longitude?
The Prime Meridian is a line of longitude, and it sits at 0 degrees longitude.
Is the International Date Line a parallel or a meridian?
It is a MERIDIAN. Its meridial line is is 180 degrees. , exactly on the opposite side of the Earth to the 0(zero) meridian. However, the I.D.L. does have a number of 'kinks' in it, to accommodate local topography.
What meridian forms the International Date Line?
The International Date Line roughly follows the 180th meridian.
Why is the greenwich meridian called meridian?
Greenwich is a place in England. If you look at a map, places to the left are west of Greenwich and places to the right are east. A meridian is any line which runs from north pole to south pole and the meridian that runs through Greenwich is called the Greenwich Meridian and by definition is zero degrees. All other meridians are measured in degrees from zero. E.g. New York is -74 degrees, meaning it's west of Greenwich by 74 degrees.
The line of latitude found at 0 is call the?
The line of latitude found at 0 degrees is called the equator. It is an imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the 2 word term for the longitude line of 0 degrees?
This is the "prime meridian" (also known as the Greenwich Meridian for the British observatory on the line).
