Question

define parallels of latitudes​

Answer 1

ᴀ ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇ ᴏғ ʟᴀᴛɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ ᴏɴ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ ɪs ᴀɴ ᴀʙsᴛʀᴀᴄᴛ ᴇᴀsᴛ–ᴡᴇsᴛ ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪɴɢ ᴀʟʟ ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ʟᴀᴛɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ. ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇs ᴏғ ʟᴀᴛɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴏғᴛᴇɴ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴘᴀʀᴀʟʟᴇʟs ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴀʟʟᴇʟ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ; ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs, ᴘʟᴀɴᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴ ᴀɴʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇs ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɪɴᴛᴇʀsᴇᴄᴛ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ

Answer 2

Explanation:

The five major parallels of latitudes from north to south are called: Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, and the Antarctic Circle. On a map where the orientation of the map is either due north or due south, latitude appears as horizontal lines.