Geography
(i) Why are latitudes also called parallels of latitude?
(ii) Why are all the lines of longitude of the same length?
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(i) Latitudes are known as parallels of latitude as each of them is an imaginary circle parallel to the Equator and centered on the polar axis.
(ii) All longitudes join the two poles. Therefore, they are of same length.
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