Longitude

**Long**﻿**itude** **[|Longitude]** is the lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole. Also known as //[|meridians]//, 0 degrees longitude is the Prime Meridian. The Prime Meridian runs through Greenwich, England. //E //for East, and //W// for West, that is after the degree symbol, shows you whether the location is East or West of the Prime Meridian.

On the opposite side of the [|Prime Meridian](other side of the Earth) is 180 degrees longitude, also known as the International Date Line.

The [|International Date Line] is an imaginary line. It is approximately the 180th meridian. The reigons on the east of it are considered one day earlier on their calanders then the regions on the right.

In the above picture, it shows the International Date Line (the red line).

 ﻿The picture above is showing you the lines of longitude (meridians).

media type="custom" key="10741872" This video shows you what the Lines of Longitude are.

By: Haley Crispell and Cynthia Cheng <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2011-2012