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Preferred term

longitude

Definition

  • [SIO] Longitude is a geographic position that refers to the angle east or west of a reference meridian between the two geographical poles to another meridian that passes through an arbitrary point.

Broader concept

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Arabic

  • خط الطول

Bulgarian

  • Географска дължина

Czech

  • délka zeměpisná

Danish

  • længdegrad

Dutch

  • lengtegraad (geografisch)

Estonian

  • geograafiline pikkus, pikkus (geogr)

Finnish

  • pituusaste

French

  • longitude

German

  • Längengrad

Greek

  • γεωγραφικό μήκος

Hungarian

  • hosszúság

Italian

  • longitudine

Latvian

  • garums

Lithuanian

  • ilguma

Norwegian

  • lengdegrad

Polish

  • długość geograficzna

Portuguese

  • longitude

Romanian

  • longitudine

Slovak

  • zemepisná dĺžka

Slovenian

  • zemljepisna/geografska dolžina

Spanish

  • longitud

Swedish

  • longitud

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21507

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