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Any interactives on this page can only be played while you are visiting our website. You cannot download interactives. One of the oldest tenets of geography is the concept of place. Location is the position of a particular point on the surface of the Earth. Locale is the physical setting for relationships between people, such as the South of France or the Smoky Mountains.
Finally, a sense of place is the emotions someone attaches to an area based on their experiences. Place can be applied at any scale and does not necessarily have to be fixed in either time or space. Additionally, due to globalization, place can change over time as its physical setting and cultures are influenced by new ideas or technologies. These lines are known as parallels.
A circle of latitude is an imaginary ring linking all points sharing a parallel. Parallels are another name for lines of latitude. Meridians are another name for lines of longitude. All meridians intersect at two places, the North Pole and the South Pole.
The imaginary lines that run from east to west connecting all locations on a map are known as parallels or latitudes. Each parallel crosses all longitudes. Each meridian crosses all latitudes. To cross all parallels, you have to travel 12, miles. So as the earth makes one rotation, the object in GO will complete one orbit flyaround of the earth. Parallels on maps are the lines you see that are from left to right.
Parallels represent latitude and meridians represent longitude. The two sets form a grid that sections off maps into the four directions: north, south, east and west.
A circle of latitude is an imaginary ring linking all points sharing a parallel. Meridians lines running from pole to pole connect points with the same longitude. Positive longitudes are east of the prime meridian, and negative ones are west. Parallels Are Lines of Latitude Parallels are another name for lines of latitude.
You will see that these lines do not converge, or come together, anywhere on the globe. It is latitude 0. Latitude measures distance north and south from the Equator. Parallels are lines that circle the globe. Longitude lines pass through the north and south poles. If you stood above the earth and looked down on the north pole from above, you would see the complete circle of the equator.
So longitude goes from zero to degrees. Latitude and Longitude lines are a grid map system too. Horizontal mapping lines on Earth are lines of latitude. Have students look at the U. Tell students that the lines running across the page are lines of latitude, and the lines running up and down the page are lines of longitude. The th meridian west forms a great circle with the 80th meridian east. Lines of Longitude are referred to as Meridians of Longitude. These lines are not parallel to each other.
They come closer and closer to each other as they approach the north and south poles, where they all meet. Zero degrees longitude is referred to as the Prime Meridian, and it passes through Greenwich England. The horizontal lines are called lines of latitude and the vertical lines are called lines of longitude.
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