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Longitude is the best term, but sometimes meridian is used. The line of longitude at zero degrees is the Prime Meridian.

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Lines of longitude are also called meridians. Zero longitude is the Prime Meridian.

Lines of latitude are also called parallels. Zero latitude is the Equator.

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Meridians.

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Longitude lines are also called?

meridians


Are the lines of longitude also called meridians?

Yes, lines of longitude are also known as meridians. For example: 0° longitude is the the prime meridian.


What is Vertical lines on a map are also called?

Lines of Longitude or Meridians


What is another name to call longitude?

Lines of longitude are also called meridians.


What are the lines that define longitude also called?

Meridians.


Why are meridians also called lines of longitude?

Every point on a meridian has the same longitude.


Are lines of longitude also called meridians?

yesYes.


Why are longitude lines also called meridians?

meridians are also called longitude because they are the same word and they have the same meaning they just came up with another word for longitude


Distance east and west from the prime meridian?

The longitude of a location is its angle east or west of the Prime Meridian.


How is the Prime Meridian measured lines of latitude or longitude?

The so-called 'lines' of longitude are also called 'meridians'. The Prime Meridian is a line of longitude. It's the line made out of all the points on Earth whose longitude is zero.


Why longitude lines are also called median?

meridians are imaginary lines that are not parallel to each other.


Lines of longitude on earth run from due north to due south are called?

These invisible lines that circle the earth and are vertical or running north to south are longitude or meridian lines. These lines are also perpendicular to lines called latitudes that are parallel to the equator.