It is the "Prime Meridian" or the "0 degree Meridian" which is the basis for calculating time in most of the world.
The reference for longitude ... the definition of 'zero' longitude ... is the Prime Meridian. That imaginary line joins the north and south poles, and runs through Greenwich, a suburb of London, UK.
Every meridian of longitude between 5.14° West and 1.77° East crosses both France and the UK. Any longitude in this range may be represented by a 'line'. There are an infinite number of such lines, and they're all imaginary.
Well, this is a very close estimate so I would say about 42 degrees East to about 47 degrees East.
If you travel all the way around the earth without touching the north or south pole, then you travel through 360 degrees of longitude. They're labeled (zero -- 180) east and (zero -- 180) west.
Brazil spans the range of west longitude between about 34.5 to 74 degrees. You're free to drawas many lines as you like within that range, and they'll all pass through Brazilian territory.
the prime meridian
That's the imaginary cricle comprised of the Prime Meridian and the meridian of 180 degrees longitude.
The Prime Meridian.
The Prime Meridian.
Longitude lines measure how far (in degrees) you are East or West of the Prime Meridian (which is a longitude line that runs through Greenwich, England and is designated as 0° longitude).
It means any place on a certain imaginary line on the Earth's surface. The imaginary line is the one between the north and south poles that passes through a certain place in a certain suburb of London, England. The longitude of any place on Earth is measured east or west from that line. The longitude of every point on the line is zero.
The Prime Meridian, ie 0 degrees east/west
The imaginary line is called the Prime Meridian.
Distance that is measured in degrees east or west of an imaginary line running north and south through the town of greenwich, England.
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-- Origin of longitude -- Zero degrees longitude -- Boundary between Eastern and Western Hemispheres -- Greenwich Meridian
The Earth rotates through 360 degrees longitude every 24 hours.