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Parallel. Latitude and longitude are perpendicular.

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Q: Are latitude lines parallel or perpendicular?
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Lines of latitude and lines of longitude are perpendicular to?

Every meridian of longitude is perpendicular to every parallel of latitude, and every parallel of latitude is perpendicular to every meridian of longitude.


Are lines of latitude perpendicular parallel or intersecting?

Lines of latitude are horizontal and run parallel to the poles


Are the lines of latitude of parallel or perpendicular to each other?

They are parallel to each other.


Lines running parallel to the equator are called?

You have answered the question for yourself ; They are 'Latitudes''. Longitudes (Meridians) are lines that run North to South from the North Pole to the South Pole. Longitudes come to a point at the poles, but spread out to a maximum at the Equator.


What are the imaginary lines perpendicular to the equator called?

Longitudinal or longitude lines are the imaginary lines that are perpendicular to the equator. Latitudinal or latitude lines are parallel to the equator.


Does perpendicular have parallel lines?

= parallel + perpendicular As such no, perpendicular lines do not naturally have parallel lines. However...connect the lines in the symbols below. ++ ++ And you'll have 4 perpendicular lines, and 4 parallel lines.


In which direction does a parellel or line of latitude run?

Latitude lines run from east to west, parallel to the equator. Longitudinal lines are perpendicular to latitude lines and run north to south.


What is Perpendicular and Parallel?

Perpendicular is when two lines cross... Parallel is when two lines never meet.... _____________ _____________ = PARALLEL LINES If they cross they are perpendicular, if they don't, they are parallel.


Which shape has parallel lines but no perpendicular lines?

A rhombus has parallel lines but no perpendicular lines.


What shapes have perpendicular lines and no parallel lines?

Right triangles have a set of perpendicular lines and no parallel lines.


CAN Perpendicular lines can be parallel?

No, perpendicular lines intersect eachother at 90 degree angles. Parallel lines never intersect. So perpendicular lines will never be parallel.


I need a real life example of Parallel lines with a perpendicular transversal?

Railway lines with sleepers? Lines of latitude crossed by a line of longitude?