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Use a map with latitude and longitude to:

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Use a map with latitude and longitude to:

Find the exact location of any place on the Earth´s surface.

Latitude and longitude are:

Are imaginary lines.

Latitude and longitude has a:

Number.

The numbers of latitude and longitude are called:

Degrees.

Degrees of latitude measure:

The distances north or south of the equator a place is.

Lines of latitude:

These lines are called parallels.

The parallel in the middle of the globe is:

Equator.

Equator is located at:

0° latitude.

Degrees of longitude measure:

The distances east or west of the prime meridian a place is.

Lines of longitude:

These lines are called meridians.

The meridian in the middle of the globe is.Prime meridian.Prime meridian is located at:0° longitude.

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