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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.

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Parallels circle the globe. Meridians join the north and south poles.

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that would be the tropic of Capricorn and the tropic of cancer. it seperates the hemispheres

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No, they run all across the globe.

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