Thursday 22 November 2012

INTERESTING INFORMATION


IMPORTANT LINES AND STREETS OF THE WORLD


Here below are given some important lines of the world. Which are of very importance for enhancing your knowledge

  • PRIME MERIDIAN LINE

Prime meridian line is a line of longitude for which the angle of longitudinal lines is 0 degree. It is the major line that cuts the Earth into 2 hemispheres

  • LINE OF EQUATOR

Equator is the imaginary latitudinal for which the angle of latitudinal line is 0 degree. It divides the Earth into two major parts

  • LONGITUDINAL LINES

These are the imaginary lines on the map which stretches from North to South.

  • LATITUDINAL LINES

These are the imaginary lines on the map which stretches from East to West wards.

  • DURAND LINE

It is the frontier line between Pakistan & Afghanistan and it is 1300 metres long

  • CONTROL LINE

It is the boundary line between Azad Kashmir & Occupied Kashmir, demarcated as a result of 1971 war.

  • INTERNATIONAL DATELINE

Imaginary line extending line from North to South through Pacific Ocean.

  • RAD CLIFF LINE

Boundary line between Pakistan and India demarcated by Sir Cyril Rad Cliff at the time of partition.

  • BROADWAY STREET

Famous street of USA regarded as the biggest street of the World

  • DOWNING STREET

Official Residence of British Prime Minister, located in West Minister, England.


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