To measure the distance on the Earth's surface North or South of the Equator.
lines of latitude
The other name that is used for lines latitude is parallels. The main latitude is the equator which is at zero degrees.
Lines parallel to the equator.
"parallels" of latitude
Earth's parallels are called lines of latitude. They are imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator and are used to measure the distance north or south of the equator in degrees.
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Lines of latitude are imaginary lines used to measure distances north and south of the Equator or 0 degrees.
They are lines of latitude.
The imaginary lines that run east and west are called lines of latitude or parallels. They are used to measure how far north or south a location is from the equator, which is the line of 0 degrees latitude.
The lines that intercept latitude lines are lines of longitude.
It's the lines of longitude which are used to define time zones, not lattitude.
Latitude and Longitude