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On June 21 the vertical rays of the Sun strike a parallel of latitude known as what?
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the Tropic of Cancer
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∙ 15y agoTropic of Capricorn.
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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.
What does the lines in globe equator?
All lines of latitude are parallel to the Equator, except the poles ,which are dot/points.
What are the east west lines called on maps and globes?
They represent degrees of latitude.
Which imaginary lines run east and west?
ANY parallel of latitude between about 11.1° South to 43.4° South does that.You may be thinking of the Tropic of Capricorn, a parallel of latitude at roughly 23.5° South.
Vertical connectors between floors are known as?
Vertical connectors between floors are known as a RISER
What parallel latitude is known as the Arctic Circle?
The parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 44″ (or 66.5622°) north of the Equator.
What Parallel lines on maps?
Lines of latitude are known as parallels.
What is the Latitude of the HuangHe?
The latitude of the Huang He is approximately the 40th parallel north. It is also known as the Yellow River.
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.
What are latitude lines known as?
They are known as parallels - a bit of a misnomer, really, because there are no parallel lines on the surface of a sphere: lines of latitude themselves are not lines, but circles, except for the equator.
What are line of latitude known as?
They are known as parallels - a bit of a misnomer, really, because there are no parallel lines on the surface of a sphere: lines of latitude themselves are not lines, but circles, except for the equator.
What does the lines in globe equator?
All lines of latitude are parallel to the Equator, except the poles ,which are dot/points.
Why does horizontal scale of a mercator projection increase with latitude?
The vertical (or latitude) scale increases with latitude, keeping the hoizontal (longitude) constant. This is in order to make the lines of longitude parallel on the chart, instead of, in reality, converging toward the poles. This allows courses to be plotted and drawn on the chart, as straight lines crossing the lines of longitude at the same angle. Known as 'plane sailing'. ie. it is on a plane (flat surface) not a globe.
What are the east west lines called on maps and globes?
They represent degrees of latitude.
Which line of latitude is the longest?
The locus of all points of zero latitude ... sometimes also known as the "Equator" ... is the longest parallel of constant latitude. It's length is the equatorial circumference of the earth ... roughly 24,900 miles (40,073 km) .
Which imaginary lines run east and west?
ANY parallel of latitude between about 11.1° South to 43.4° South does that.You may be thinking of the Tropic of Capricorn, a parallel of latitude at roughly 23.5° South.
What are the longest latitude and longest longitude?
The longest parallel of latitude is the one defined as 'zero degrees', known as the "Equator". All meridians of longitude have the same length ... 1/2 of the earth's polar circumference.
