Parallel Horizontal Lines on a Map Represent This

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Wild West, Group 427, Puzzle 5 (American Frontier).

Question is: Parallel Horizontal Lines on a Map Represent This

and the answer is: LATITUDE

Word Meaning:

LATITUDE — (geography, astronomy, countable) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.

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