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What line of longitude is labeled 0 degrees and separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere?
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The 0 degree line of latitude separates te northern and the southern hemispheres. It is called the Equator.
Lines of latitude mark distances from equator to each respective pole. From 0 degrees latitude (the Equator), there are 90 degrees to each pole. Each degree of latitude is 60 nautical miles. 1 nautical mile is approximately 6,076 feet. So, 90degrees x 60nm/degree = 5,400 nautical miles from the Equator to a pole. This is a very rough calculation, because the Earth is not perfectly round. Be sure to remember, that a statute mile is 5,280 feet (rather than 6,076 feet). So, in terms of statute miles, the Earth's circumference is closer to 25,000 miles.
Air and land navigation typically uses nautical miles or distance measurement. Speed is in nautical miles per hour (called "knots").
Lines of latitude are parallel to each other, so the distance between them is the same no matter how far you are from the Equaor. But, lines of longitude (from north pole to south pole) are not parallel -- the distance between them is greatest at the equator (basically 1 nm apart), but the instant you move north or south the distance starts shrinking as the lines of longitutde merge te closer you get to the poles.
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What line of longitude sepersates the earth into the northern and southern hemisphere?
the equator is a line of latitude that separates the earth into north and south hemispheres
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What hemisphere does the equator separates?
The equator separates the north and south hemispheres.
Does the prime meridian separate the eastern and southern hemispheres?
No, the prime meridian separates the eastern and western hemispheres. The equator separates the northern and southern hemispheres.
A separates Earth into two hemispheres?
There is one line, the equator, that separates the northern from the southern hemisphere.
What is the line of the latitude that separates the northern and southern hemisphere called?
The line of latitude that separates the northern and southern hemispheres is called the equator. It is situated at 0 degrees latitude and runs around the widest part of the Earth's circumference.
The equator separates the world into?
The equator separates the world into the northern hemispher and the southern hemisphere.
What line of latitude is 0 degrease and separates the northern or southern hemisphere?
The Equator.
What parts can earth be divided into?
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