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What is the maximum number of 1 degree longitude or latitude lines that can be drawn on a globe?

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Well, latitude lines drawn on a globe resemble a stack of circles of difference sizes, with the largest at the equator. Longitude specifies the earth-west position. For no reason other than an accident of history, the Prime Meridian, which runs through Greenwich, England, is 0°. Longitude goes up to 180° east and 180° west.

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Answer: 180 and 360 lines

Explanation: latitude indicates north-south position, and longitude indicates east-west position.

Latitude lines go from -90º to 90º (negative is south and positive is north). So, if we add this, we will have a total of 180 latitude lines.

Longitude lines go from -180º to 180º (negative is west and positive east). If we add this, we will have a total of 360 longitude lines.

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