Question

What is difference between Parallel of Latitude and Meridian of Longitude?

Answer 1

The Equator,they ground the Earth. They are known as latitudes or parallels. The vertical lines are semicircles that run from the North pole to the South pole. They are called longitude or meridians...

Answer 2

The difference between Parallel of Latitude and Meridian of Longitude

Explanation:

Parallels of Latitude

Parallels of latitude are imaginary, circular parallel lines drawn horizontally between both the poles and the Equator. These lines run from west to east, as in the direction of the Earth's rotation.

The important parallels of latitude are as follows:

1. The parallel of 23½° N is called the Tropic of Cancer.

2. ​The parallel of 23½° S is called the Tropic of Capricorn.

3. The parallel of 66½° N is called the Arctic Circle.

4. ​The parallel of 66½° S is called the Antarctic Circle.

A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line on the Earth's surface extending from north to south. The Prime Meridian, a zero-degree longitude, divides the Earth into two equal halves—the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere—which contain 180 meridians each. All these meridians are equal in length and run from the North Pole to the South Pole.