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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LATITUDE Lines of Latitude measure distance in degrees [degrees] north IN) and south (S) of the equator, an imaginary tine circling the globe halfway between the North and South pores.
5 degree lines of latitude that historically defined the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
While lines of latitude are parallel and remain at a constant distance from one another, lines of longitude converge at the poles.
 
 
 
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