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Parallels are lines that go up and down the map, latitudes are lines that go across the map from side to side.

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What are the 5 main parallels of latitude?

There are five important parallels of latitudes. They are:EquatorTropic of CancerTropic of CapricornArctic CircleAntarctic Circle


What happens to the distance between latitudes or parallels as you approach the pole?

Nothing.


The basic unit of measurement for parallels of latitudes is the?

The basic unit of measurement for parallels of latitude is the degree. There are 180 degrees from the North Pole to the South Pole.


Are longitudes and latitudes parallels lines?

Latitude lines are parallel but not longitude lines.


What are meridians of longitudes and parallels of latitudes?

Name the two meridians east of the meridian on this map.


What is the latitudes lines?

Lines of latitude are any of the circles, called parallels, that are to the north or to the south of the equator and parallel to it. They are the lines on standard maps that go from east to west; right-left.It is an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.


What Parallel lines on maps?

Lines of latitude are known as parallels.


What two parallels of Latitude is Italy situated?

Italy occupies all latitudes within the range of about 36.65° -- 47.09° North.


What are lines on maps that indicate latitude also known as?

These lines of latitude are called parallels.


What are the names of the parallels that are north of the equator?

The parallels north of the equator are referred to as "north latitudes." Key lines include the Tropic of Cancer at approximately 23.5° N, the Arctic Circle at about 66.5° N, and the North Pole at 90° N. These parallels mark significant geographical and climatic zones on Earth.


Do parallel liines lie on the same plane?

They usually do. But latitudes, which measure distances from the equator and which, on earth, are called the parallels of latitude, do not lie in a plane.


What is also known as parallels?

Parallels are also called lines of constant latitude, on maps and globes.