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

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What lines run north and south through the poles and measure distance east or west of the prime meridian?

If one of them is the "prime" meridian, what do you suppose the others might be called? If you guessed "meridians", you win.


Lines of longitude run north and south and measure distances what?

east and west of the prime meridian


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.


At what latitude does the prime meridian lie?

The Prime Meridian is a Longitudinal line. That is, it runs North and South between the poles. Latitudinal lines run parallel to the equator and measure distance North or South of the equator. They run East and West, perpendicular to longitudinal lines. The Prime Meridian is at all latitudes.


What lines measures distance east and west of the prime meridian?

Longitude lines. They are also called meridians.


What lines are used to measure distances east and west of the prime meridian?

Longitud is used to measure the distance of east and west from the prime meridian


What are lines of longitude and which ways do they run?

lines of longitude are lines drawn north and south and measure east and west a famous line of longitude is the Prime meridian


Longitude lines measure east to west of the what?

Prime Meridian.


What are the lines that run north and south on a globe?

The lines on a globe that run north and south are called lines of longitude, or meridians. They measure distance east or west from the arbitrary Prime Meridian or Greenwich Meridian, established as 0° longitude.


What are the lines measuring distances east and west of the prime meridian?

Longitud is used to measure the distance of east and west from the prime meridian


Which lines measure distance of the prime meridian?

Longitude measures the distance east and west of the prime meridian.


What lines run north and south but are measured east and west of prime meridian?

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 linesThe Prime Meridian is the line made out of all the points on earth that have zero longitude and every possible latitude.