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The lines on a map or globe that go vertically and match with the lines of latitude to tell the exact pin points of a place.

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Longitudinal lines, just like latitudinal lines, tells on a map where a place is located. They measure east-west, so they tell how much a place is to the east or west of the world on a map.

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Lines of latitude tell you how far north or south of the equator you are. The equator, the tropics and the arctic and antarctic circles are all lines of latitude.

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On a map, longitude lines go up and down, AKA vertically. Latitude lines are horizontal lines on a map.

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