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Which are the lines on a map that run in an east-west direction and measure distance north and south of the equator? hemispheres scales latitude longitude
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Which are the lines on a map that run in an east-west direction and measure distance north and south of the equator?

hemispheres

scales

latitude

longitude

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Those lines are the "parallels of latitude".

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