38° 48' 3.49" N Longitude: -9° 22' 41.74" W
The co-ordinates of where I am. Are you located on the 38th parallel? Is that what this means?
26-30, F
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
The "parallels" are of latitude, not longitude.
You are on the ninth parallel, South of the Equator.
The lines of latitude are parallel, because they are the perimeters of planes normal to the Earth's axis of rotation.
The lines of longitude converge on the Poles.
You are on the ninth parallel, South of the Equator.
The lines of latitude are parallel, because they are the perimeters of planes normal to the Earth's axis of rotation.
The lines of longitude converge on the Poles.