Do Lines of Longitude run parallel to each other?

Answer 1

Latitude lines run parallel to the Equator while longitudinal lines (also called meridians) run north-south. The latitude angle ranges from 0 degrees at the Equator to 90 degrees at either the north or south pole.

Answer 2

Lines of latitude are parallel to each other.

This could be a big part of the reason that

they're often called "parallels of latitude".

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Lines of longitude are perpendicular to the parallels of latitude. But because we're using two-dimensional language to talk about a three-dimensional Earth, the lines of longitude are not parallel to each other; they all intersect at the poles.

Answer 3

Lines of latitude are parallel; in fact, some people call them "parallels of latitude".

Longitude lines are not parallel; they converge, meeting at the north pole and south pole. However, the common "Mercator"-projection maps show the longitude lines as parallel, which results in an increasing distortion of the map at high latitudes. For example, on a Mercator map, the continent of South America appears to be about the same size as the island of Greenland - but in reality, Greenland is much SMALLER than South America. The distortion of the map, caused by printing longitude lines as parallel, is the problem.

Answer 4

All lines of constant latitude are parallel, which is a big part of the reason that

they're often referred to as "parallels" of latitude. The equator is one of them.

Answer 5

Yes they are as they will never touch each other.

Answer 6

Every line of constant latitude is parallel to all the others.

No line of constant longitude is parallel to any other one.

Answer 7

Yes they certainly are. In fact, they're soparallel that they're often called

"parallels" of latitude.

Answer 8

No. The parallels of latitude are all parallel to each other, which is why they're often called "parallels".

Meridians of longitude cross the parallels at 90-degree angles.

Answer 9

Yes.