Geography
What are lines of latitude and longitude? Who devised the lines of latitude and longitude?
Answer
The imaginary lines running east to west, parallel to the equator are called lines of latitude.
The imaginary lines running north to south passing through the poles are called lines of longitude.
Eratosthenes, the Greek philosopher, devised the lines of latitude and longitude.
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