The distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian is called longitude. The Prime Meridian was established to be the zero point from which other longitudinal points would be measured from. Latitude is the measure of points on the globe based upon their location from the equator based upon a north/south direction. The equator is the center point of the globe in the scale of latitude and is an artificial line that runs around the globe dividing the globe into the northern and southern hemispheres.
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sediment layers stop spreading when they reach a barrier or they run out of sedimentary material. lateral spreading is the movement of gently to steeply sloping, saturated soil deposits caused by earthquake-induced liquefaction. i hope this . : )
What is the "great pacific garbage patch"? (a) a large area of marine debris concentrated by rotating ocean currents (b) a large area around the pacific rim where debris collects from natural disasters such as tsunamis (c) an area in the pacific ocean where trash is intentionally dumped due to lack of landfill availability (d) a large trash dump located in hawaii