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what is meridian write three feature of it​

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Answered by harshraut2004
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The meridians or lines of longitude have the following characteristics: All meridians are of the same length and each one is a semi-circle. If any two opposite meridians are taken together, they form a complete circle, which is a great circle.

The meridians or lines of longitude have the following characteristics:

  • All meridians are of the same length and each one is a semi-circle.
  • If any two opposite meridians are taken together, they form a complete circle, which is a great circle.
  • The distance between any two meridians is maximum at the Equator, which is about 11 km for one degree of longitude.
  •   This distance decreases as we go away from the Equator towards the poles.
  • All the meridians meet at the poles. 

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Answered by PraptiMishra05
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Defination :-

meridian is also called the lines of longitude it runs from north to south th egap at the  equator is 111 km and the purpose of meridian is for time greenwich is the starting point of all meridian the starting point is known as prime meridian

Features :-

1. All parallels are complete circles except 90° N and 90° S, which are points.

2. The equator is the largest parallel. The length of the other parallels decrease as one moves away from the equator towards the poles.

3. All parallels are located at an equal distance from each other.

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