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They are called the latitudes.

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What are lines that run parallel from the equator called?

There are no parallel lines that run FROM the equator. Lines that are parallel TO the equator are the latitudes.


Lines that run parallel to the equator are called?

Lines that run parallel to the equator are called latitude lines or parallels.


What Lines of run parallel to the equator?

Lines of Latitude encircle the Earth, running parallel to the Equator.


What are earth's parallels called?

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.


What are the imaginary parallel lines that run east-west?

The imaginary parallel lines that run east-west are called lines of latitude. These lines measure the distance north or south of the equator and are used to establish the location of a place on the Earth's surface.


Another term for lines of latitude?

Parallels.An easy way to remember this is by remembering that lines of lattitude run parallel across the earth.


What are the lines of latitude called?

Lines of latitude are imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator and form part of a grid used to describe where on the earth you are. They are often called parallels.


What is imaginary parallel lines that run across the earth called?

It's called a latitude (But you asked for the name of the LINE that goes around the Earth like a parallel belt)


How do lines of latitude run in relation to the equator?

Lines of latitude circle the earth, parallel to the equator.


What are lines that are parallel and run?

parallel lines. they run side by side but never intersect


What two things do lines of longitude and landitude run?

Lines of latitude run round the earth parallel to the Equator. Lines of longitude run from pole to pole, crossing the Equator at 90 degrees.


Which lines run horzonally parallel to each other?

parallel lines.....