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HIGHEST LONGEST BIGGEST LARGEST DEEPEST SMALLEST OF THE WORLD
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Tropics
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Latitudes
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Longitudes
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Great Circles
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Detailed explanation-1: -These lines are known as meridians. Each meridian measures one arc degree of longitude. The distance around Earth measures 360 degrees. The meridian that runs through Greenwich, England, is internationally accepted as the line of 0 degrees longitude, or prime meridian .
Detailed explanation-2: -Lines of longitude are lines which join all places having the same angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian. All lines of longitude are semicircles of equal length. Lines of longitude are also called Meridians because all places along a lines of longitude experience mid-day at the same time.
Detailed explanation-3: -The prime meridian is the imaginary line that divides Earth into two equal parts: the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere. The prime meridian is also called the Greenwich meridian. The value of the prime meridian line is 0 degree. The prime meridian line runs in Greenwich, London, and England.