Latitudinal lines run East West along the earth's surface. An easy trick to remember is thinking "lat is flat" therefore the lines are flat when you are looking at a globe or 2D map.
No line of latitude is a north/south line. A move to the north or south is a change of latitude.
Lines of latitude run east and west (like rungs on a ladder) and meridians (lines of longitude) run north and south
Latitude lines run east-west around the Earth. They measure the distance north or south of the equator in degrees, with the equator itself being 0 degrees latitude.
If you pick any latitude on Earth, and mark a tiny dot on the map at every pointthat has that latitude, the points will seem to blend into a solid line that circlesthe Earth in the east/west direction. It's a line that has the same latitude atevery point on it.
Parallels would be 2 or more lines that run in the same direction and do not intersect.
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No line of latitude is a north/south line. A move to the north or south is a change of latitude.
If a map or a globe has latitude 'lines' printed on it, they will point east-west.
Lines of latitude run east and west (like rungs on a ladder) and meridians (lines of longitude) run north and south
Latitude lines run from east to west, parallel to the equator. Longitudinal lines are perpendicular to latitude lines and run north to south.
Latitude lines run east-west around the Earth. They measure the distance north or south of the equator in degrees, with the equator itself being 0 degrees latitude.
If you pick any latitude on Earth, and mark a tiny dot on the map at every pointthat has that latitude, the points will seem to blend into a solid line that circlesthe Earth in the east/west direction. It's a line that has the same latitude atevery point on it.
Parallels would be 2 or more lines that run in the same direction and do not intersect.
The direction of latitude is horizontal, while longitude is up and down. Lines of latitude run parallel to the equator.
Meridians of longitude run from pole to pole Parallels of latitude run east-west
The Prime Meridian marks the zero degree line of longitude. The Equator marks the line for zero degrees latitude.
From left to right. Like the equator