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Latitude and longitude
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Horizontal lines running from
west
to
east
Equator
(0°) is the most important line of
latitude
There are
90
lines of
latitude
going
north
and
90
going
south
Equator
is the longest line of
latitude
Latitude
lines are also known as
parallel
arcs
Parallel arcs
get
shorter
the closer they get to the
arcs