Meridians run from the North Pole to the South Pole and are used to measure lines of longitude. Parallels run east to west as circles parallel to the equator and are used to measure lines of latitude. The Tropic of Cancer lies 23 degrees north of the equator and marks the northernmost point where the sun is directly overhead on the summer solstice. The Tropic of Capricorn lies 23 degrees south of the equator and marks the southernmost point where the sun is directly overhead on the winter solstice. The equator is an imaginary line halfway between the North and South Poles that divides the planet into northern and southern hemispheres.
Meridians run from the North Pole to the South Pole and are used to measure lines of longitude. Parallels run east to west as circles parallel to the equator and are used to measure lines of latitude. The Tropic of Cancer lies 23 degrees north of the equator and marks the northernmost point where the sun is directly overhead on the summer solstice. The Tropic of Capricorn lies 23 degrees south of the equator and marks the southernmost point where the sun is directly overhead on the winter solstice. The equator is an imaginary line halfway between the North and South Poles that divides the planet into northern and southern hemispheres.
Meridians run from the North Pole to the South Pole and are used to measure lines of longitude. Parallels run east to west as circles parallel to the equator and are used to measure lines of latitude. The Tropic of Cancer lies 23 degrees north of the equator and marks the northernmost point where the sun is directly overhead on the summer solstice. The Tropic of Capricorn lies 23 degrees south of the equator and marks the southernmost point where the sun is directly overhead on the winter solstice. The equator is an imaginary line halfway between the North and South Poles that divides the planet into northern and southern hemispheres.
Meridians run from the North Pole to the South Pole and are used to measure lines of longitude. Parallels run east to west as circles parallel to the equator and are used to measure lines of latitude. The Tropic of Cancer lies 23 degrees north of the equator and marks the northernmost point where the sun is directly overhead on the summer solstice. The Tropic of Capricorn lies 23 degrees south of the equator and marks the southernmost point where the sun is directly overhead on the winter solstice. The equator is an imaginary line halfway between the North and South Poles that divides the planet into northern and southern hemispheres.
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MERIDIAN AND PARALLEL
• A meridian is an imaginary line of longitude drawn
along the surface of the earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. Geographers today measure these lines from what they call the Prime Meridian. It is the line of longitude that goes through the Royal Greenwich Observatory in Greenwich, England. LATITUDE AND PARELLEL
Latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the
north–south position of a point on the Earth's surface. Latitude is an angle which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° (North or South) at the poles. Lines of constant latitude, or parallels, run east–west as circles parallel to the equator. Latitude is used together with longitude to specify the precise location of features on the surface of the Earth. Longitude is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian. Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South Poles. These lines are known as meridians. Each meridian measures one arcdegree of longitude. The distance around the Earth measures 360 degrees. Parallels are another name for lines of latitude. Meridians are another name for lines of longitude. Parallels don't intersect. All meridians intersect at two places, the North Pole and the South Pole. The first parallel is the equator. TROPIC OF CANCER
Also known as the Northern Tropic, the Tropic of Cancer is
the parallel latitude that lies 23 degrees and 26′ north of the Equator. This is the exact location where the Sun is overhead on June 21st known as the June solstice. The location has been shifting and will keep changing over the years by a few minutes.
It is the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere
and the beginning of winters in the Southern hemisphere. North of the Tropic of Cancer is the subtropics and the Northern Temperate Zones. South of the Tropic of Cancer are the Tropics. This area does not experience distinctly changing seasons because the sun is always high in the sky. TROPIC OF CAPRICORN
Also known as the Southern Tropic, the Tropic of Capricorn
lies 23 degrees 5′ south of the Equator. It is the farthest southern latitude at which the sun can reach or appear directly overhead. North of this latitude are the Tropics and below the Tropic of Capricorn are the Southern Temperate Zones. The sun appears directly over this latitude during the winter solstice, when the sun was entering the zodiac sign of Capricorn. December 21st is the day of winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. EQUATOR An equator is an imaginary line around the middle of a planet or other celestial body. It is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole, at 0 degrees latitude. An equator divides the planet into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere. The Earth is widest at its Equator.
