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Write 4 facts about lines of longitude or meridians.

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Answered by ayanabrill235
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Explanation:

Facts about Lines of Longitude--Are known as meridians. --Run in a north-south direction. --Measure distance east or west of the prime meridian. --Are farthest apart at the equator and meet at the poles.

Answered by Anindita1111
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Explanation:

-Four facts about lines of longitude are:

A meridian (or line of longitude) is the half of an imaginary polar great circle or great ellipse on the Earth's surface, a coordinate line terminated by the North Pole and the South Pole.

-All lines of longitude are equal in length.

-Each line of longitude also is one half of a great circle.

-The line of longitude where the degree is zero is known as the Prime Meridian. It passes through Greenwich, England, Thus is also known as the Greenwich Meridian and divides Earth into two equal halves known as the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.

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