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A line running north and south/ up and down is called a vertical line.

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They are lines of Longitude, and run vertically from the North to the South Poles.

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What is the north and the south pole?

A line that runs from the north pole to the south pole is called a line of longitude.


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An imaginary line which runs round the globe, called the "equator".


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