Question

Distinguish between parallels and meridians

Answer 1

Latitude is an angle (defined below) which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° (North or South) at the poles. Lines of constant latitude, or parallels, run east–west as circles parallel to the equator. Latitude is used together with longitude to specify the precise location of features on the surface of the Earth.

Answer 2

the imaginary lines that Run from east to west connecting or location on a map or known as parallels of latitudes these lines of latitudes are located parallel to the equator and never intersect this is why they are also called parallels meridians are longitudes are also imaginary lines on the Earth's surface that run up and down from the two places these lines of longitude on a map on intersect with each other at the north pole and the South Pole when referring to longitudes there is a Major Principle one needs to know generally as we know there are 360 degrees in a circle the longitude that passes through Greenwich is known as the Prime Meridian and is allowed the position of 0° longitude