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географска дужина

The angular distance east or west of the prime meridian on any meridian. Joining points of the same angle on all the meridians creates a line of longitude encircling the globe. Measured in degrees, minutes and seconds. Excellent explanation here: http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/slatlong.htm

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