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through which countries does the prime meridian pass through

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Answered by aroranishant799
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Answer:

The Prime Meridian in the Northern Hemisphere travels through Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Tongo, and Ghana in Africa and the UK, France, and Spain in Europe. Antarctica is the only continent in the Southern Hemisphere that the Meridian passes through.

Explanation:

  • The imaginary line dividing Earth's Eastern and Western hemispheres into equal halves is known as the prime meridian.
  • The world's time zones are based on the prime meridian as well. Maps and globes show the prime meridian.
  • It serves as the origin of the longitude system of measurement.
  • The Prime Meridian travels through Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Tongo, and Ghana in Africa and the UK, France, and Spain in Europe.
  • Antarctica is the only continent in the Southern Hemisphere that the Meridian passes through.
  • The Prime Meridian spans 20,000 kilometres from Pole to Pole.

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Answered by rishkrith123
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Answer:

The prime meridian passes through Greenwich, England, Algeria, Burkina Faso, France, Spain, Ghana, Mali, and Togo.

Explanation:

The prime meridian is the line of zero longitude, the place to begin for measuring distance each east and west across the Earth.

The prime meridian is arbitrary, which means it is able to be selected to be anywhere. Any line of longitude (a meridian) can function the zero longitude line. However, there's an global settlement that the meridian that runs via Greenwich, England, is taken into consideration the legitimate prime meridian.

Therefore, the prime meridian passes through the countries which are along Greenwich and England, and those are Algeria, Burkina Faso, France, Spain, Ghana, Mali, and Togo.

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