IMAGINARY LINES

 We can see imaginary lines on globes and maps.

We use these imaginary lines to describe a location on the Earth's surface.

MERIDIANS are semicircular vertical lines  from the North Pole to the South Pole. They are measured in degrees East and West. Meridian 0º is the Greenwich Meridian.

PARALELLS are circular horizontal lines. They are measured in degrees North and South. Paralell 0º is the Equator that divides the Earth into the Northern and the Southern Hemisphere.

Meridians measure LONGITUDE (the distance from the Greenwich Meridian).

Paralells measure LATITUDE (the distance from the Equator).

A GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE is the combination of longitude and latitude to describe a location on the Earth's surface.

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