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Flat, they run straight across, horizontal!
Those words came to my mind!
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Only if you hold your map with north either up or down.
Regardless of how you hold your map, lines of latitude are parallel
to each other, and are often called 'parallels' of latitude.
What else can I help you with?
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.
Which are used measure distances north or south of the equator?
lines of latitude
What are lines on maps that indicate latitude also known as?
These lines of latitude are called parallels.
What are Imaginary lines which run at right angles to the equator?
They are lines of constant latitude, all parallel to the equator.
All lines of latitude meet at what line?
Lines of constant latitude are parallel. No two of them meet anywhere.All lines of constant latitude cross all lines of constant longitude.
What are The lines that intercept latitude lines on a map Are lines of what?
The lines that intercept latitude lines are lines of longitude.
Is Lines of latitude is parallel?
Lines of latitude run parallel to the Equator (which is zero latitude).
What lines are parallel to the equator?
lines of latitude
What are principal lines of latitude?
whats the principal lines of latitude
Do lines of latitude sometimes intersect?
No, lines of latitude do not intersect.
Are the lines of Capricorn and cancer lines of longitude or latitude?
latitude?
Another word for a latitude line?
Latitude lines never touch, so they are sometimes called "parallels".
How are lines of latitude and lines of longitute alike?
lines of latitude and lines of longitude are the same because they just are.
Are the parallel lines on a globe called longitude or latitude lines?
Latitude.
How many lines of latitude are on the globe?
there are 36 lines of latitude respectively
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.
Which are used measure distances north or south of the equator?
lines of latitude
