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| Distance north or south of the equator, measured by a set of imaginary lines or parallels that run east and west around the Earth |
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0 degrees latitude
Divides the north & south hemispheres |
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| The line of longitude marked o degrees on the world map, from which longitudes east and west are measured |
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| Distance east or west of the prime merdian measured by a set of imaginary lines, or meridians that run north or south from te Earth's poles |
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| In geograpy any line of latitude nort or south of the equator. Parallels never cross or meet |
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A great circle of the Earth passing through the poles and any point on the Earth's surface
The half of the Sueha circle included between the poles |
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