What are the chartestics of parallels

1.	What are the chartestics of parallels
Answer» Latitude is the angular DISTANCE of a PLACE north or south of the EQUATOR. There are 180 parallels of latitudes apart from the Equator. Each parallel of latitude is a circle. Only the Equator is a Great Circle, all the REST of the latitudes are Small Circles. The distance between two latitudes is always equal.

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Latitude is the angular DISTANCE of a PLACE north or south of the EQUATOR.

There are 180 parallels of latitudes apart from the Equator.

Each parallel of latitude is a circle.

Only the Equator is a Great Circle, all the REST of the latitudes are Small Circles.

The distance between two latitudes is always equal.

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