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Latitude lines run horizontally east and west at different distances from the equator and are called parallels, probably because they circle the earth at a constant distance from each other. We sometimes refer to certain areas by latitude as parallels. For example, A military boundary between North Korea and South Korea was set at the 38th parallel. Most of the boundary between the United States and (British) Canada was set at the 49th parallel.

longitude lines run north-south and are furthest from each other at the equator and come togegther at the poles.

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Lines that run parallel to the equator are called?

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


Is Lines of latitude is parallel?

Lines of latitude run parallel to the Equator (which is zero latitude).


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Latitude lines run from east to west, parallel to the equator. Longitudinal lines are perpendicular to latitude lines and run north to south.


Lines running parallel to the equator are called?

You have answered the question for yourself ; They are 'Latitudes''. Longitudes (Meridians) are lines that run North to South from the North Pole to the South Pole. Longitudes come to a point at the poles, but spread out to a maximum at the Equator.


Latitude lines run in which two directions?

North and South


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The lines that run north and south "or long ways" are longitude lines. East and west are latitude lines.


What is the latitude run?

Lines of latitude run east-west and measure north-south.


Are lines of latitude perpendicular parallel or intersecting?

Lines of latitude are horizontal and run parallel to the poles


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

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


Where are the global latitude lines?

Lines of Latitude run horizontally round the World and parallel to the Equator.


What are the circular lines that run parallel to the equator?

Lines of latitude.


What are two names for the lines that run east to west on a globe?

They are the lines of latitude, and they are also called parallels.