How many parallels and meridians are?

Answer 1

That's exactly the same as asking "How many lengths are there on a ruler ?"

Different maps and globes have different numbers of lines printed on them

at some regular intervals, but you should not fall into the trap of thinking that

those are a complete set, or the only ones that exist.

A trip all the way around the globe covers 360 degrees of longitude. They are labeled

180 degrees east of a zero position, and 180 degrees west of the same position. You

can pick any longitude you want ... like the one through your kitchen or across your

front yard ... and a complete meridian can be drawn all the way between the north

and south poles at that longitude. There is no "How many ?" of them.

Answer 2

Meridians are lines of longitude that run from pole to pole. There are 0 to 180 towards the west of the Prime Meridian, and 0 to 180 towards the east of the Prime Meridian. Therefore, there are 360 degrees or 360 meridians. The Prime Meridian is 0 (zero) and runs through the Greenwich Observatory, London, England.

Answer 3

There are an infinite number of parallels (lines of latitude) that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator, and an infinite number of meridians (lines of longitude) that converge at the North and South poles.

Answer 4

There are an infinite number of parallels between 90° north latitude, which is the geographic north pole, and 90° south latitude, which is the geographic south pole.

Answer 5

thousand

Answer 6

Including the equator there are 180 parallel lines