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Parallels are lines that go up and down the map, latitudes are lines that go across the map from side to side.
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What are the 5 main parallels of latitude?
There are five important parallels of latitudes. They are:EquatorTropic of CancerTropic of CapricornArctic CircleAntarctic Circle
What happens to the distance between latitudes or parallels as you approach the pole?
Nothing.
Are longitudes and latitudes parallels lines?
Latitude lines are parallel but not longitude lines.
Why there are 181 parallels latitudes?
This is because there are 90 latitudes above the equator, 90 latitudes below the equator and one is the equator itself.....so when we add them up (including the equator) we get 181.
What are meridians of longitudes and parallels of latitudes?
Name the two meridians east of the meridian on this map.
What is also known as parallels?
Parallels are also called lines of constant latitude, on maps and globes.
The basic unit of measurement for parallels of latitudes is the?
The basic unit of measurement for parallels of latitude is the degree. There are 180 degrees from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What is the latitudes lines?
Lines of latitude are any of the circles, called parallels, that are to the north or to the south of the equator and parallel to it. They are the lines on standard maps that go from east to west; right-left.It is an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.
What Parallel lines on maps?
Lines of latitude are known as parallels.
What two parallels of Latitude is Italy situated?
Italy occupies all latitudes within the range of about 36.65° -- 47.09° North.
What are lines on maps that indicate latitude also known as?
These lines of latitude are called parallels.
Do parallel liines lie on the same plane?
They usually do. But latitudes, which measure distances from the equator and which, on earth, are called the parallels of latitude, do not lie in a plane.
