DIFFERENCE OF

LONGITUDE
K ob e Ry a n N . C a b a hug
 PRIME MERIDIAN
The prime meridian is the line of 0° longitude, the
starting point for measuring distance both east and west
around the Earth. The prime meridian is arbitrary,
meaning it could be chosen to be anywhere.

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 PRIME MERIDIAN
The line in Greenwich represents the historic Prime
Meridian of the World - Longitude 0º. Every place on
Earth was measured in terms of its distance east or west
from this line. The line itself divided the eastern and
western hemispheres of the Earth - just as the Equator
divides the northern and southern hemispheres.

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 LONGITUDE

Longitude is the measurement east or west of the prime

meridian. Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run

around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the

North and South Poles. These lines are known as meridians.

Each meridian measures one arc degree of longitude. The

distance around the Earth measures 360 degrees.

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DIFFERENCE OF LONGITUDE
 The smaller angle at the pole or the shorter arc of a

DEFINITION parallel between the meridians of two places, expressed

in angular measure.

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AREAS OF FOCUS

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AREAS OF FOCUS

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AREAS OF FOCUS

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AREAS OF FOCUS

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