finding locations on the earth. latitude (parallels) imaginary lines drawn around the earth parallel...
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Latitude (parallels)
• imaginary lines drawn around the earth parallel to the equator
• definition – the distance north or south, measured in degrees, from the equator
• North Pole 90 degrees N 90°N
• South Pole 90 degrees S 90°S
Equator
• an imaginary line half way between the poles that divides the earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere
Longitude (meridians)
• imaginary lines that pass through the poles
• are not parallel• definition – is the distance east or west, measured
in degrees, from the Prime Meridian
Prime Meridian
• divides the earth into the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere
• 0 degrees longitude; passes through Greenwich, England
• east lines of longitude are found east of the Prime Meridian
• west lines of longitude are found west of the Prime Meridian