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Longitudes are also called meridians. Meridian meaning noon |
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Answer» hope I help youExplanation:VERIFIED ANSWER :A (geographic) MERIDIAN (or line of longitude) is the half of an imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, terminated by the North Pole and the South Pole, CONNECTING points of equal longitude, as measured in angular degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian.[1] The position of a POINT along the meridian is given by that longitude and its latitude, measured in angular degrees north or south of the Equator. Each meridian is perpendicular to all circles of latitude. Meridians are half of a great circle on the Earth's surface. The length of a meridian on a modern ellipsoid model of the earth (WGS 84) has been estimated at 20,003.93 km (12,429.9 miles) [2]. |
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