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What is parallel line on globe?
Parallels are another name for lines of latitude. You will see that these lines do not converge, or come together, anywhere on the globe. It is latitude 0. Latitude measures distance north and south from the Equator. Parallels are lines that circle the globe.
Which is the longest parallel line on the Earth?
The equator
The equator is the circle that is equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole. It divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. Of the parallels or circles of latitude, it is the longest, and the only ‘great circle’ (a circle on the surface of the Earth, centered on Earth’s center).
What is the distance from the equator to the Poles?
The Equator is an imaginary circle equidistant from the poles of the Earth. Circles parallel to the Equator (lines running east and west) are parallels of latitude. They are used to measure degrees of latitude north or south of the Equator. The angular distance from the Equator to the pole is one-fourth of a circle or 90°.
How many statute miles are there between lines of longitude?
At the equator, 69.171 statute miles separate lines of longitude, but by 30° latitude, there are only 59.956 statute miles between lines of longitude. At 60° latitude, only 34.697 statute miles separate longitudinal great circles at that latitude. At the poles, all lines of longitude converge.
What is the length of the 60th parallel north and South?
Their length can be calculated by a common sine or cosine function. The 60th parallel north or south is half as long as the Equator (disregarding Earth’s minor flattening by 0.3%).
What are meridians and parallels of latitude and longitude?
Latitude and Longitude (Meridians and Parallels) The Equator is an imaginary circle equidistant from the poles of the Earth. Circles parallel to the Equator (lines running east and west) are parallels of latitude. They are used to measure degrees of latitude north or south of the Equator.