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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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East and West
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Southeast and Northwest
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North and South
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Southwest and Northeast
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Equator, or line of 0 degrees latitude, divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Detailed explanation-2: -An equator is an imaginary line around the middle of a planet or other celestial body. It is halfway between the north pole and the south pole, at 0 degrees latitude. An equator divides the planet into a northern hemisphere and a southern hemisphere. Earth is widest at its Equator.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Prime Meridian divides the globe into Eastern and Western hemispheres, just as the equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern hemispheres. The Prime Meridian is at 0 degrees longitude, just as the equator is at 0 degrees latitude.
Detailed explanation-4: -The prime meridian, which runs through Greenwich, England, has a longitude of 0 degrees. It divides the Earth into the eastern and western hemispheres.