World Map Equator Prime Meridian
Unlike the equator s position that is determined by the earth s rotational axis the position of the prime meridian has been defined arbitrarily over the years as greenwich in the united kingdom.
World map equator prime meridian. Location of 0 latitude 0 longitude. By grouffe plays quiz not verified by sporcle. Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star. How to play forced order.
While the equator divides earth into northern and southern hemispheres it is the prime meridian at zero degrees longitude and the line of longitude opposite the prime meridian near the international date line at 180 degrees longitude that divides earth into the eastern and western hemispheres. Four letter african countries 9 729. Though invisible the equator 0 degrees latitude is a very real location that divides the world into the northern and southern hemispheres. The prime meridianseparates the eastern and western hemispheres.
World map equator prime meridian new map the world with equator. Disney animated movie images minefield 19 345. Can i guess your birthday. The equator and prime meridianare circles that stretch all the way around the earth.
It is the longitudinal meridian of reference. A prime meridian is the meridian a line of longitude in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0. The equator is at 0 latitude. Together a prime meridian and its anti meridian the 180th meridian in a 360 system form a great circle.
This great circle divides a spheroid into two hemispheres. World map with equator and prime meridian france 12 because of territories around the world have the equator but there is no natural equivalent for zero degrees longitude. Theprime meridian 0 degrees longitude on the other hand was created by scholars who needed some point as a frame of reference to begin noting east west points on the map. The equatorseparates the northern and southern hemispheres.
Find the us states ultimate minefield 14 042. Geography quiz equator prime meridian e pm quiz i random geography or europe quiz determine the distance from e pm to a selection of european countries from nearest to most remote. Pics for 7 continents outline map printable world with and oceans. Equator in the map of earth nations or territories that touch the equator red or the prime meridian blue the equator of a rotating spheroid such as a planet is the parallel circle of latitude at which latitude is defined to be 0.