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The prime meridian divides the earth into?
The prime meridian is a line of longitude. It divides the Earth into two hemispheres, known as the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What do you think the hemispheres formed by the prime meridian are called?
eastern and western
What is one half of a globe called?
a hemisphere.
What divides the earth into east and west hemispheres?
The Prime Meridian, which is at longitude ZERO degrees, and the International Date Line. The International Date Line is supposed to be at longitude 180 degrees, but it varies quite a distance for political reasons.
What European countries does the Prime Meridian pass through?
The prime meridian offically passes through the Royal Observatory in London.
The prime meridian helps to divide the earth into which two hemispheres?
The prime meridian helps to divide the earth into the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.
What are the hemispheres divided by the prime meridian?
The Prime Meridian is 1/2 of the boundary between the eastern and western hemispheres.
What hemispheres does the prime meridian separate?
The prime meridian separates the Eastern Hemisphere from the Western Hemisphere.
Which hemispheres lie on either side of the Prime Meridian?
The Eastern Hemisphere lies to the east of the Prime Meridian, while the Western Hemisphere lies to the west of the Prime Meridian.
How does the equator and prime meridian create hemispheres?
It divides up the earth into different hemispheres even thought there aren't actual lines dividing it up.
Does the prime meridian separate the eastern and southern hemispheres?
No, the prime meridian separates the eastern and western hemispheres. The equator separates the northern and southern hemispheres.
What meridian separates the east and west hemispheres?
-- The Prime Meridian. -- 180° longitude
What imaginary lines divide the Earth into 4 halves?
The Prime Meridian and the Equator divide the Earth into four quadrants or hemispheres. The Prime Meridian divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, while the Equator divides it into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
The four hemispheresname the lines that divide the hemispheres?
The hemispheres of Earth are divided by the Equator into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and by the Prime Meridian and the 180th meridian into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Is Australia east or west of prime meridian?
The prime meridian divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres, just as the equator divides it into northern and southern hemispheres. Australia is to the east of the prime meridian and is considered to be in the eastern hemisphere.
Tell me the name of the southern hemispheres?
prime meridian
What splits the world into hemispheres?
The equator and prime meridian
