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What are lines of latitude and longitude?

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What are Lines of latitude and lines of longitude?
latitudes are a set of lines running from east to west and longitudes are a set of lines running from north to south.They are always equal.
Why are lines of latitude and longitude imaginary lines?
Lines of latitude and longitude cannot be seen on Earth itself, but are created by Man on maps and globes to navigate better.
Lines of latitude and lines of longitude are perpendicular to?
Every meridian of longitude is perpendicular to every parallel of latitude, and every parallel of latitude is perpendicular to every meridian of longitude.
What is the same about lines of longitude and lines of latitude?
Lines of latitude and lines of longitude are equally misunderstood by virtually equal fractions of the general population.
Why are lines of latitude and lines of longitude perpendicular?
So as to create a particular location on the grid where they intersect.