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