Why are lines of latitude also called parallels

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because latitude goes on forever and so does parallel
latitude goes from left to right

Veli Gebrev answered Sep 24, 2015

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lines of latitude are also called parallels because they are like parallel lines, they go on forever but never touch :)

Asissuthar answered Sep 29, 2015

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