100th meridian west

Okay kiddo, imagine you are holding a big ball in your hands. This big ball is the Earth and it is covered in land and water.

Now, imagine cutting the Earth in half from top to bottom into two halves. One half is called the Eastern Hemisphere and the other half is called the Western Hemisphere.

Now, let's focus on the Western Hemisphere. There is an invisible line on the Earth called the 100th meridian west. It's a special line that goes from the North Pole all the way down to the South Pole.

This line marks the boundary between areas in the Western Hemisphere that generally have enough rainfall to grow crops without irrigation and areas that don't get enough rainfall to grow crops without adding water.

So, it's like a line that separates places that are good for farming and places that are not so good for farming.

This line is important because it helps us understand where we can grow crops for food and where we need to bring in water to help crops grow. It's also used by farmers, geographers, and meteorologists to study weather patterns and agriculture.

So, the 100th meridian west is like a line that tells us how much rain a place gets and whether or not you can grow crops there without adding water.