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That line has often been called the "Equator" in song and story,
and on maps as well, too.
Ronaldo Rodriguez
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∙ 8y agoThey are parallels.
This also helps answering why two lines of latitude never touch: The lines travel east to west and are parallel to each other.
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∙ 11y agoWiki User
∙ 11y ago'Lines' of latitude are often called "parallels" of latitude,
because none of them ever crosses others.
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∙ 6y agoLines of latitude are sometimes called parallel lines because they are parallel to the equator.
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What is another name for latitude lines?
parallels
What is another name for a line of a latitude?
They are sometimes called parallels. They are parallel to the equator, zero degrees latitude, and parallel to each other. They are all circles, except for the poles which are points.A parallel is another name for a line of latitude because all lines of latitude are parallel to each other.Graticule .parallels
What is another name for the lines that run across the globe east-west called besides latitude?
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.
Are latitude lines called meridian?
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
What are the name of the lines of latitude?
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Another name for the lines of latitude?
The other name that is used for lines latitude is parallels. The main latitude is the equator which is at zero degrees.
What is another name for parallel lines?
latitude lines is another name for parallels and longitude lines are called meridians
Another name for latitude lines?
Meridian
What is another name for laditude lines The questioner is asking about LADITUDE not latitude.?
The answer is parallels. No. The answer to another name for LADITUDE lines is PADALLELS.
What is another name lines on a grid?
For Maps, it is latitude and longitude.
What is another name for latitude lines?
parallels
What is another name lines of latitude and longitude?
Parallels and meridians, respectively.
What is a another name for latitude lines?
They are sometimes called parallels. They are parallel to the equator, zero degrees latitude, and parallel to each other. They are all circles, except for the poles which are points.A parallel is another name for a line of latitude because all lines of latitude are parallel to each other.Graticule .parallels
What is another name for a line of a latitude?
They are sometimes called parallels. They are parallel to the equator, zero degrees latitude, and parallel to each other. They are all circles, except for the poles which are points.A parallel is another name for a line of latitude because all lines of latitude are parallel to each other.Graticule .parallels
What is another name for the lines that run across the globe east-west called besides latitude?
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.
Are latitude lines called meridian?
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
What is the nick name for the latitude lines?
"parallels" of latitude
