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What id the shape of parallers and maridians
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What is the angle of intersection of all parallels and meridians on the earth?
90 degrees
Parallels are used to measure longitude or latitude?
latitude longitudes are known as meridians
Can meridians of longitude to be parallel?
No. One characteristic of parallels is that they never meet or intersect.But all of the meridians of longitude meet at both the north pole andthe south pole.
What is another name for parallel lines?
latitude lines is another name for parallels and longitude lines are called meridians
Why aren't all parallels equal in length like meridians are?
There's a simple answer: The earth is a sphere and the parallels are, well, parallel to each other. So obviously the ones closer to the poles are shorter than the ones closest to the Ecuator. As for the meridians all meet at one point ehich are the poles, so they are all the same length.
what are the main properties of parallels and meridians?
Ware the main properties of parallels and meridians
Lines of longitude called what?
Meridians of longitude; parallels of latitude. Remember that meridians are all the same length (20,000 km) and that they meet at the poles. Parallels are, well, parallel, and are different lengths, the longest being the Equator.
What are the parallels and meridians of jaipur?
Answer it
What are lines of longitude and latitude?
Parallels and meridians.
What are Lines and latitude are called?
Parallels and meridians.
What are meridians of longitudes and parallels of latitudes?
Name the two meridians east of the meridian on this map.
A basic geography questions - Do all of the parallels and the meridians cross each other at right angles on both the globe and Mercator?
which main parallels and meridians cross each continent
What is the difference between parallels and meridians?
Parallels, as the name inplies, run parallel to each other in an east-west orientation. Meridians run through both poles, and so cannot be parallel.
Lines of latitude are also called what?
Parallels and meridians. Circles parallel to the Equator (lines running east and west) are parallels of latitude. They are used to measure degrees of latitude north or south of the Equator. Meridians of longitude are drawn from the North Pole to the South Pole and are at right angles to the Equator.
What is another name lines of latitude and longitude?
Parallels and meridians, respectively.
Find the parallels and meridians of lucknow?
27 n, 81 e
What are the advantage of having parallels and meridians?
to locate places easily
