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B23 - The Important Latitudes - Coggle Diagram
B23 - The Important Latitudes
Tropic of cancer
Marks the northernmost limit on earth that receives direct rays of sun.
Located at 23 1/2 ° N
Tropic of capricorn
Marks the southernmost limit on earth which receives direct rays of sun.
Located at 23 1/2 °S
Antarctic circle
All places south of this latitude experience one day each year when the sun doesn’t set and 1 day when the sun does not rise.
It receives slanting rays of sun.
Located at 66 1/2 °S
Arctic circle
All places north of this latitude experience one day each year when the sun doesn’t set and 1 day when sun does not rise.
It receives slanting rays of sun.
Located at 66 1/2 °N
Equator
Most significant line.
Divides Earth into 2 halves.
Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
Zero degree latitude.
Also known as 'The Great Circle'
Latitudes
Imaginary horizontal lines.
Run from east to west.
Have interval of 1 degree
Totally there are 180 latitudes.
90 latitudes in North, 90 latitudes in South
Also called paralles because they are parallel to each other.