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What is the difference between the geographic axis and a geographic meridian?


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The difference between the geographic axis and geographic meridian is

Geographic axisGeographic meridian
1. An imaginary line joining the earth's geographic north and south poles is called the geographic axis. 1. An imaginary plane containing geographic north and south poles is called a geographic meridian.
2. It is the axis of rotation of the earth.2. It is a vertical plane that terminates at the north pole and south pole.

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