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Latitude and Longitude

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Latitude Longitude
1. It divides the Earth horizontally into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It divides the Earth vertically into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
2. The imaginary lines of latitude are usually known as parallels of latitude. The imaginary lines of longitude are usually known as meridians of longitude.
3. Latitudinal lines are parallel to each other; they reduce in size as they move towards the poles. Longitudinal lines are of the same length; they all cut the Earth into two equal halves.

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