How many longitude lines run around the earth?

Answer 1

There is an infinite number of possible longitudinal lines. But the total number of degrees is 360; 180 east and 180 west. There are 60 minutes in a degree and 60 seconds in the minute. How you sub-divide from there gives infinite possibilities. There are usually 36 lines of longitude on the globe or a map, located at 10 degrees longitude apart.

Answer 2

i think there are 360 longitude because earth's shape like an orange so 180degree west longitude and 180 east longitude meats from each other so there one longitude line so calculation is 179+179+greenwich line+180degree longitude=360 longitude lines

Answer 3

That's like asking "How many lengths are on a ruler ?"

There are an infinite number of different longitudes. If you name two of them, then

no matter how close together yours are, I can always name another longitude ...

or two or three or a hundred ... that are between the ones that you named. So

there's no limit to the number of different longitudes.

Many globes and maps have some longitudes printed on them. They may print one

every 10 degrees, or every 15 or every 30 degrees. The selection is not the same

on all globes. And some globes have no longitudes at all printed on them.

The same discussion also applies to latitudes as well, too.

Answer 4

Longitude lines do not run around the earth. Longitude lines are 360 imaginary lines equally spaced around the planet, each line having end points at the north and south poles.

Answer 5

None do. Each meridian of constant longitude is a semi-circle,

joining the north and south poles.

Answer 6

There are an infinite number of longitude lines that run around the Earth, with each line representing a degree of longitude. These lines converge at the poles and are farthest apart at the equator.