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Longitude lines run north ans south and latitude lines run west to east an easy way to remember is longitude has the word long in it ..so you know the those lines are vertical lines and that the latitude lines are the horizontal lines


The Prime Meridian is the line made out of all the points on earth that have

zero longitude and every possible latitude.

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What is the north-south line from which all other north-south lines are measured?

The Prime Meridian, which runs through Greenwich, England.


What are north south lines on a map that shows distance from the prime meridian?

The north-south lines on a map that show distance from the prime meridian are called lines of longitude or meridians. They help determine a location's east-west position on the Earth's surface. The prime meridian itself is designated as 0 degrees longitude, and lines to the east and west are measured in degrees up to 180.


Are meridians of longitude measured north and south of the prime meridian?

They are measured east and west of the Prime Meridian. They run north-south across the globe from the North Pole to the South Pole.


Do latitude lines tell you the distance east or west of the prime meridian?

No, lines of latitude parallel the equator and never cross each other. Whereas lines of longitude run north/south and intersect at both poles. The Prime Meridian is, by the way, a line of longitude.


What lines of longitude are measured east andwest of the what imaginary line?

prime meridian


What direction is longitude measured in?

Longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian, which is the starting point for the Earth's longitudinal coordinate system. Longitude lines run north-south and indicate positions to the east or west of the Prime Meridian, which passes through Greenwich, England.


Lines of longitude are measured north and south of the equator?

No, that's latitude. Longitude is measured east or west of the Prime Meridian, which runs through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.


What lines of longitude go through north and south of the prime meridian in measure distances?

The Prime Meridian is a line of longitude (0°). It goes through every north or south measurementbetween the north pole and the south pole, and no other lines of longitude cross it.


What types of lines run north and south but measure east and west of the prime meridian?

Latitude: Lines the run North and South but measure east and west.


What is longitude passes through equator?

Lines of Latitude run east and west (aka the Equator which is zero degrees latitude) and are measured north and south of the equator. Lines of longitude run north and south and are measured east and west from the Prime Meridian in Greenwhich, England.


What is the imaginary line that runs east to west?

The imaginary line is called the Prime Meridian.


Does the prime meridian pass the north pole?

All lines of longitude start at the North Pole.