GEOLOGY
GEOMORPHOLOGY
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Question
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O deg
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10 deg
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180 deg
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all longitudes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The equator is the longest, with a latitude of zero, while the rings decrease to a point just at the poles, with spaces of 90° south and 90° North.
Detailed explanation-2: -Unlike the parallels of latitude, they are all equal in length. For convenience of numbering, the meridian of longitude passing through the Greenwich observatory (near London) has been adopted as the Prime Meridian by an international agreement and has been given the value of 0°.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prime Meridian is not the longest line of longitude but the longest line of latitude which divides the Earth into the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere.
Detailed explanation-4: -The total number of latitudes is 180 and the total number of longitudes is 360.