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ICSE Class 9 Geography Question 16 of 34

Latitudes and Longitudes — Question 21

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Question 21

Except for the Equator, other Parallels of Latitudes are not Great Circles. Why?

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The equator is the only latitude that circumscribes the earth around it's centre and therefore it is the largest latitude. All other latitudes, either in north or in south, are smaller than equator because they do not circumscribe the earth around its centre.