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Answer the Following Questions in Brief. Name the Line of Latitude that Divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. - Geography

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Answer the following question in brief.

Name the line of latitude that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.

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The line of latitude that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres is the equator (0°).
A network of horizontal and vertical lines or latitudes and latitudes are drawn on a map or globe is called the grid system. Latitudes are the horizontal east-west lines. The longest latitude is the equator (0°).

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Chapter 2: Elements of a Map - Exercise

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Oxford University Press Voyage Geography [English] Class 6
Chapter 2 Elements of a Map
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