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2007-03-18 15:04:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
It is a parallel of latitude. Latitude runs from 90 degrees north (the north pole) to 0 degrees (the equator) to 90 degrees south (the south pole). The lines of latitude are called parallels because they run parallel to one another -- they don't intersect. For example, the equator doesn't intersect the line of 10 degrees north latitude.
The lines of longitude, called meridians, run from the north pole to the south pole. They run from 0 degrees (a line through the Greenwich observatory near London, England) east and west to 180 degrees (exactly opposite to the 0 degree line). You could liken the meridians to the lines that separate segments of an orange. They are not parallel to one another and so they are not called parallels.
2007-03-18 20:49:46 · answer #1 · answered by Isaac Laquedem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is The Equator A Meridian
2016-12-12 11:59:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A parallel
2007-03-21 15:32:25 · answer #3 · answered by ha_mer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a parallel. In fact, it's the 0'th parallel.
Doug
2007-03-18 15:07:23 · answer #4 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a parallel!!!! parallel goes from right to left/ left to right/ side to side w/e u call it.
a meridian is when it goes from north to south, top to bottom/ w/e u call it.
its kinda confusing at first but ull get it!
2007-03-19 15:11:26 · answer #5 · answered by ♥me, myself and i♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just on intuition, I strongly suspect it would be a parallel.
2007-03-18 15:08:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
parallel
2007-03-18 16:58:45 · answer #7 · answered by Carlos Q 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Equator is Imaginary!
2007-03-18 15:29:01 · answer #8 · answered by cnsone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋