Well, first of all, the equator doesn't run. It stays where it's at. It's an imaginary line,
made up of every point on Earth that's exactly midway between the north and south
poles.
Since the equator is imaginary, you don't see it on the Earth. You only see it on maps,
and only on the ones where it's printed. On one of those, the equator could be horizontal,
vertical, or slanted. It all depends on how you hold the map.
Most maps are printed with either north or south at the top. If you're looking at one of those,
and if the equator is printed on it, then it looks like a horizontal line..
They are parallel to the earth's equator. So if you consider the equator as being horizontal then they are horizontal.
vertical
Lines of latitude run east-west as circles parallel (or horizontal lines) to the equator. Latitude measures the angle in degrees north or south from the equator where the equator is located at 0 degrees.
Latitude measures the distance from the Equator (both north and south). So, latitude is horizontal, lonitude is vertical.
Vertical and horizontal
They are parallel to the earth's equator. So if you consider the equator as being horizontal then they are horizontal.
vertical
Vertical
The vertical component of Earth's magnetic field is zero at the magnetic equator, where the magnetic field lines are horizontal. At the magnetic equator, the magnetic field lines run parallel to the Earth's surface, resulting in a zero vertical component.
Lines of latitude run east-west as circles parallel (or horizontal lines) to the equator. Latitude measures the angle in degrees north or south from the equator where the equator is located at 0 degrees.
On a normal map or atlas they are vertical.
vertical rise?
vertical lines run from top to bottom, horizontal lines run from left to right the difference between the two is 90 degrees if you place vertical lines next to horizontal lines.
lines of latitude are horizontal lines that form circles and that run in the same direction as the equator
run as in slope of a line is zero . horizontal lines have no slope and vertical lines have a slope of zero
The slope is the ratio of rise over the run. The rise is the change in the vertical distance.The run is the change in the horizontal distance.So the slope is the ratio of two changes, horizontal divided by vertical.
Vertical is up and horizontal is across