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Virtual visit - down the line
meridian map The UK and Ghana both lie on the meridian line, and are 5000 miles apart. In the UK, we cannot grow cocoa because the weather is too cold. We have to buy it from other countries.

Visit the UKMore on the UK

In Ghana the weather is hot and wet, just right for growing cocoa.

Visit GhanaMore on Ghana

 

 

The meridian line is an imaginary line, drawn on maps, that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole. This meridian line is sometimes called the Greenwich Meridian or the Zero Degree Meridian. Back

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