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प्रश्न
What is the “Prime Meridian”?
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उत्तर
The Prime (or First) Meridian is the meridian from which longitude is measured. It is numbered. 0° longitude. It is the meridian which passes through Greenwich (near London). Thus the Prime Meridian is also called the Greenwich line.
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