What are the most important lines on a map of earth. With the lines i mean the Longitude and Latitude lines. There is the Equator, and there are two other important lines. What are they?
2007-06-09 01:42:18 · 6 answers · asked by Bart R 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Tropic of Cancer
- The most northern point on the earth where the sun is directly overhead, located at approximately 23.5 degrees North latitude.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+tropic+of+cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
- The southern parallel of maximum solar declination, approximately 23°27 S latitude.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+tropic+of+capricorn
Prime Meridian
- An imaginary line running from north to south through Greenwich, England, used as the reference point for longitude.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+prime+meridian
2007-06-09 01:44:53 · answer #1 · answered by marcelino angelo (BUSY) 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
These are the important lines,: Equator, Tropic Of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn and the Arctic Circles.
2007-06-09 01:50:46 · answer #2 · answered by trey98607 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tropic of Cancer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Capricorn
Prime / International Meridian (Greenwich Meridian)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Meridian
Midnight Meridian (International Date Line)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_line
2007-06-09 02:27:22 · answer #3 · answered by shipdada 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
2007-06-09 08:55:58 · answer #4 · answered by ck_pinna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricon
2007-06-09 05:18:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its just the Equator and the Greenwich Meridian.
2007-06-09 02:36:26 · answer #6 · answered by Marco M 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋