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Parallels and Meridians

Parallels and Meridians. In order to find any place on Earth , a sytem of imaginary lines is used - Geographic co-ordinates.

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Parallels and Meridians

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  1. Parallels and Meridians

  2. In ordertofindany place onEarth, a sytem of imaginarylinesisused- Geographicco-ordinates • are imaginarylinesthatcircletheEarth. Theselines are paralleltotheequator. Parallels are numberedfromtheequatortothepoles in degreesfrom 0º to 90º • Theymeasurelatitude. LatitudeisthedistancebetweenanypointontheEarthtoequator. ( northorsouth) Parallels

  3. Meridians • are imaginarylinesthatrunfrom pole to pole. The Greenwich meridianismeridianzeroorthe principal meridian. Meridians are numbered in degreesfrom 0 to 180º, east and west of Greenwich meridian. • Theyenableustomeasurelongitude. LongitudeisthedistancebetweenanypointontheEarth and the Greenwich meridian.

  4. Point Z is at 40º North and 10º West.

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