Question

Is this a line of latitude or longitude? 123`E World Map Question 1 options: Latitude Longitude

Answer 1

The 123E is a line of longitude because longitude shows east and west while latitude shows north and south divisions of the Earth.

Answer 2

123´E is a longitude line. The longitude is a measure that in cartography expresses the angular distance between a given point of the terrestrial surface and the meridian that is taken as 0° (that is the meridian of base) which imaginatively divides the earth between East (E) and West (W).