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The lines on the globe are not called "latitude", any more than the marks on a thermometer are called "temperature".

The lines on the globe that mark intervals of latitude are called "parallels" of latitude.

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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.


Do latitude lines go up and down or across?

Latitude lines go -------- (across) And Longitude goes | | | (up & down)


How do you figure out your latitude if you can't see Polaris?

Latitude is going across.


How country with a latitude measurement of 20 degrees lies within this?

There are a few countries that have a latitude measurements of 20 degree that runs across. Latitude measurements can be across the earth.


What is a trick to help me remember in which direction latitude and longitude lines lie?

Latitude, with an A, goes across the map.Longitude, with an O, goes over the Poles.


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What line of latitude runs across the middle of the continental US?

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This line of latitude runs across christian area of south America and Africa?

africa


What line of latitude runs across christian areas of ssouth America and Africa?

Equator


How can you remember that lines of latitude run east and west or across the map?

Just try to remember Latitude lines go left to right" or "Lat Left"


How are lines of latitude different from longitude lines?

A parallel or "line" of latitude is the collection of all points on earth that have the same single latitude. It circles the earth in an east/west direction, parallel to the equator, and cuts across all longitudes. A meridian or "line" of longitude is the collection of all points on earth that have the same single longitude. It joins the north and south poles, and cuts across all parallels of latitude.


Describe a way to remember that lines of latitude run east and west or across the map?

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