====== Parallel ======


These are imaginary circular lines around the earth oriented East-West and staggered from South to North. The longest is the Equator. The two tropics are also parallels. All points on the same parallel have the same [[english:glossary:latitude|latitude]].

See also: [[english:glossary:projection|Projection (System of)]], [[english:glossary:coordinates|Coordinates (System of)]], [[english:glossary:meridian|Meridian]]