What are the lines that show the distance north or south of the Equator called?

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Isoclines
3%
Parallels of latitude
55%
Tropics
15%
D
Meridians of longitude
27%

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Parallels of latitude are circles that go around the world in an east-west direction.  Lines of longitude, which measure one’s distance from the Greenwich Meridian, are not parallel, but cross all others at the North and South Poles.

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