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Parallels and Meridians
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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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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
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.