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What is the starting line for the lines of longitude?
No. The Prime Meridian is about Longitude, which was far more difficult to calculate than Latitude. Latitude can be measured by knowing how high the Sun is above the horizon & by the Stars at night. Longitude needs the addition of knowing time at one place & another place & speed & direction of movement. The Prime Meridian, 0 degrees Longitude runs from Pole to Pole through Greenwich, London. (The Headquarters of the Royal Navy at the time) 0 degrees latitude is the Equator.
What is the longitude and latitude of Tasmania?
THE latitude and longitude of Tasmania is 147 E and 42 S
What was Canada first called?
Canada
Why do you reckon 180 degrees of longitude and only 90 of latitude?
There are 180 of latitude too - 90 south and 90 North.
Why are there so few transcontinental roads and railways in Canada?
They cost a lot of money and take a great deal of time to build. There really isn't a need for more than the existing transcontinental roads and RR lines.
Why is the climate the same from the united kingdom to Canada?
Because they are on the same lines of latitude
What are The lines that intercept latitude lines on a map Are lines of what?
The lines that intercept latitude lines are lines of longitude.
Is Lines of latitude is parallel?
Lines of latitude run parallel to the Equator (which is zero latitude).
Are the lines of Capricorn and cancer lines of longitude or latitude?
latitude?
What are principal lines of latitude?
whats the principal lines of latitude
What lines are parallel to the equator?
lines of latitude
Do lines of latitude sometimes intersect?
No, lines of latitude do not intersect.
How are lines of latitude and lines of longitute alike?
lines of latitude and lines of longitude are the same because they just are.
Are the parallel lines on a globe called longitude or latitude lines?
Latitude.
How many lines of latitude are on the globe?
there are 36 lines of latitude respectively
Lines running parallel to the equator are called?
You have answered the question for yourself ; They are 'Latitudes''. Longitudes (Meridians) are lines that run North to South from the North Pole to the South Pole. Longitudes come to a point at the poles, but spread out to a maximum at the Equator.
Which are used measure distances north or south of the equator?
lines of latitude
