Yes. Horizontal lines of latitude that run across the globe are known as parallels or latitude.
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The imaginary parallel lines that run around the globe are the lines of latitude. They are important for locating places on the Earth's surface and are measured in degrees north or south of the equator.
that would be the tropic of Capricorn and the tropic of cancer. it seperates the hemispheres
Lines of longitude.
-- Most of the imaginary lines on the surface are parallels of latitude, meridians of longitude, political boundaries, and shipping routes. -- The imaginary lines through the center of the globe are the axis and diameters.
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Latitudinal lines run East West along the earth's surface. An easy trick to remember is thinking "lat is flat" therefore the lines are flat when you are looking at a globe or 2D map.Latitude lines can also be called "PARALLELS"
Latitude and LongitudeLatitude is the lines that go from east to west, and longitude from north to south.