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.
 THE EQUATOR IS THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT LINE. IT DIVIDES THE
EARTH INTO TWO EQUAL HALVES.
 THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE EARTH IS
KNOW AS NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE EARTH IS
KNOW AS SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.
 IT IS 0 DEGREE LATITUDE.IT IS THE
LARGEST LATITUDE.
 A prime meridian, based at the Royal
Observatory, Greenwich, in London, was
established by Sir George Airy in 1851.
 IT DIVIDES THE EARTH INTO TWO
EQUAL HALVES- EASTERN HEMISPHERE
AND WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
Globe latitudes and longitudes

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Globe latitudes and longitudes

  • 1.
  • 2. .
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7.  THE EQUATOR IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT LINE. IT DIVIDES THE EARTH INTO TWO EQUAL HALVES.  THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE EARTH IS KNOW AS NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE EARTH IS KNOW AS SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.  IT IS 0 DEGREE LATITUDE.IT IS THE LARGEST LATITUDE.
  • 8.  A prime meridian, based at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, was established by Sir George Airy in 1851.  IT DIVIDES THE EARTH INTO TWO EQUAL HALVES- EASTERN HEMISPHERE AND WESTERN HEMISPHERE.