Question
What are the lines of latitude? Give examples?

Answer

Latitudes are the horizontal east-west lines. The longest latitudes are the equator (0°). All the other latitudes are parallel to the equator and their length decreases towards the poles. Examples:
  1. The Tropic of Cancer, at 2314°, is located north of the equator. It is the northernmost limit to which the direct rays of the sun are received.
  2. The Tropic of Capricorn, at 23 V20, is located south of the equator. It is the southernmost limit to which the direct rays of the sun are received.

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