What is the significance of the prime meridian?

Question

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Answer 1

it's like the equator of the latitudinal lines. it splits the globe into eastern and western hemispheres.

Answer 2

The prime meridian is the vertical line that marks the zero degree longitude measurement on the globe of Earth. The line intersects the latitude lines that are horizontal. Not every globe has the same prime meridian measurement, but most measure the earth’s prime meridian as a line that passes through England, France, Spain, Togo, and down to Antarctica.

Answer 3

The Prime Meridian is at 0 Latitude. It splits the world into the Eastern and western hemispheres. The Prime Meridian also passes directly through the town of Greenwich in England, it's official name is much much longer, but i don't remember it. And is also known and the Greenwich Meridian.