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Anestetic [448]
4 years ago
14

In grid systems used to map locations on earth surface lines parallel to the equator are called?

Geography
2 answers:
Airida [17]4 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Latitude lines

Explanation:

These lines run from the east to the west. They never meet thus they are parallel. The equator is one of them. Other examples of these lines are:

Tropic of cancer,  tropic of capricon ad others.

HOPE IT HELPED

yanalaym [24]4 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Latitude is the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator. It is measured with 180 imaginary lines that form circles around the Earth east-west, parallel to the Equator. These lines are known as parallels. A circle of latitude is an imaginary ring linking all points sharing a parallel

Explanation:

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