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The line of 0° longitude is called the prime meridian (it is also known as the Greenwich Meridian).
The Prime Meridian
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∙ 14y agoThe meridian defined as the origin of longitude is the imaginary line joining the earth's north and south poles and passing through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.
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What lines are located at 0 degrees latitude and longitude?
The Equator is 0 degrees latitude, and the Prime (or Grenwich) Meridian is 0 degrees longitude.
What country do the lines of 10 degrees north latitude 0 degrees longitude cross?
Ghana
What is name of imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres?
They are called the lines of longitude. Lines of longitude range from 0 degrees on the prime meridian to 180 degrees.
What is name of the imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
They are called the lines of longitude. Lines of longitude range from 0 degrees on the prime meridian to 180 degrees.
Does 90 degrees west longitude have a name?
No. 90 degrees longitude is not a major line of longitude. Only 0 and 180 degrees longitude, which are the Greenwich Meridian and the International Date Line respectively, are major lines of longitude.
What imaginary line on the globe do longitude lines measure?
Longitude lines measure how far (in degrees) you are East or West of the Prime Meridian (which is a longitude line that runs through Greenwich, England and is designated as 0° longitude).
Is the prime meridan at 0 degrees latitude or 0 degrees longitude?
longitude.
Is the prime meridian lt 0 degrees latitude 0 degrees longitude or 180 degrees latitude?
0 degrees longitude
Where can we find the equator and the prime meridian?
they are
Is prime meridian at 0 degrees latitude 0 degrees longitude or 180 degrees latitude?
The prime meridian is a line at 0 degrees longitude.
What are the lines of longitude at and degrees?
The answer is equator
What are the invisible line that circle earth from north to south?
From north to south (Vertical) are the longitude lines From east to west (Horizontal) is latitude lines The first (0 degrees) longitude line is the prime meridian The first (0 degrees) latitude line is the equator hope this helps
