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There are 2 major lines of latitude located north of the equator. The Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5 degrees north latitude while the Arctic Circle is located at 66.5 degrees north latitude.
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How do parallels differ from latitude?
A parallel is any circle that runs east and west around earth and that is parallel to the equator, latitude is the angular distance north and south from the equator. A parallel is a latitude, however they have different meanings. ! -ANA
Is the equator a meridian or a parallel?
It is a parallel latitude Line it is the line that sepetates north and south
Is the equator parallel or a meridian?
The equator is the parallel of zero latitude.
What lines measure the distance north and south of the equator?
Lines of latitude. Longitude is from Pole to Pole.
Is San Francisco south of the 40th parallel?
40 th parallel = circle af latitude 40 degrees north of equator ? Yes it is, it is 37.76 degrees north of the equator
How do parallels differ from latitude?
A parallel is any circle that runs east and west around earth and that is parallel to the equator, latitude is the angular distance north and south from the equator. A parallel is a latitude, however they have different meanings. ! -ANA
What degree is the Arctic Circle?
It is the parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 44″ (or 66.5622°) north of the Equator.
Is the equator a meridian or a parallel?
It is a parallel latitude Line it is the line that sepetates north and south
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 is the latitude for the Arctic Circle?
It is the parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 44″ (or 66.5622°) north of the Equator.
Is the equator a parallel or a maeridian?
The equator is the "parallel" of zero latitude.
Is the equator parallel or a meridian?
The equator is the parallel of zero latitude.
What lines measure the distance north and south of the equator?
Lines of latitude. Longitude is from Pole to Pole.
Is San Francisco south of the 40th parallel?
40 th parallel = circle af latitude 40 degrees north of equator ? Yes it is, it is 37.76 degrees north of the equator
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
Is the Arctic Circle latitude or longitued?
It is the parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 44″ (or 66.5622°) north of the Equator.
Every line of latitude is parallel to?
All parallels of latitude are parallel to the equator and to each other.
