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Yes. Lines of latitude run east-west. They are a measurement north or south of the equator.

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How do lines of latitude run in relation to the equator?

Lines of latitude circle the earth, parallel to the equator.


What are the lines that circle the earth parallel to the equator?

latitude


What are the imaginary parallel lines numbered in degrees around the north and south of the equator?

both latitide as horizontal and longitude as vertical


What are the imaginary lines that circle east and west around the earth?

The equator, or line of zero latitude, runs around the Earth at its widest point.


What are the circle line parallel to the equator called?

lines of latitude


What are the horizontal lines that form circles and run in the same direction as the equator?

lines of latitude are horizontal lines that form circles and that run in the same direction as the equator


What are the lines that circle the earth called?

I think its called the equator.


What is parallel to the Arctic Circle?

The Equator, the Antarctic Circle, and all other lines of latitude.


The Equator Arctic Circle and tropic of Capricorn are examples of what?

Lines of latitude.


The Equator Arctic Circle and Tropic of Capricorn are examples of?

lines of latitude


What do you call the parallel lines that circle the globe?

Lines of latitude encircle the Earth in an east-to-west direction, and are used in geography. They are called parallels and are parallel to each other and to the equator.


Lines running parallel to the equator are called?

You have answered the question for yourself ; They are 'Latitudes''. Longitudes (Meridians) are lines that run North to South from the North Pole to the South Pole. Longitudes come to a point at the poles, but spread out to a maximum at the Equator.