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Re:Rare ‘triple’ La Niña climate event looks likely by oasisbob on Friday June 24, 2022 @01:53AM (#31858241)
> 100th parallel/the Mississippi.

Small point, but longitudinal lines aren't typically called parallels because they're not parallel to each other.

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Re:Rare ‘triple’ La Niña climate event looks likely by dredmorbius on Friday June 24, 2022 @02:15AM (#31858328)
More specifically: there are parallels of lattitude and meridians of longitude.

https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-paralle...

Meridian from "of the noon time, midday":

https://www.etymonline.com/word/meridian

As a mnemonic, the lines of longitude are all equally long (running from pole to pole).

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