Q. What are the imaginary lines touching both the poles of earth called?
Answer: Longitudes
Notes: In geography, longitude refers to the imaginary lines that bisect the globe through the North and South Poles (the ones that run vertically, as opposed to the lines of latitude that run horizontally, parallel to the equator).Meridians (lines running from the North Pole to the South Pole) connect points with the same longitude.

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