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Lines of Latitude Lines of Latitude
Lines of Longitude Lines of Longitude
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Equator Equator
Prime Meridian Prime Meridian
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Eastern Hemisphere Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere
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Northern Hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere
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Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Capricorn
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Antarctic Circle Antarctic Circle
Arctic Circle Arctic Circle
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Tropical Zone Tropical Zone
Temperate Zones Temperate Zones
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Polar Zones Polar Zones
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Lines of Latitude run east to west (shown as horizontal lines) around the Earth. The The equator is an imaginary lines tell us the angular line that runs east to west distance, in degrees, minutes around the center of the and seconds of a point north Earth. It divides the earth or south of the equator. into northern and southern These lines are also referred hemisphere. to as parallels.
Lines of Longitude run north to south (shown as vertical lines) on the Earth. The lines The Prime Meridian tell us the angular distance (Greenwich) is a line of in degrees, minutes and longitude which is defined to seconds of a point east or be 0°. It divides the Earth west of the Prime into Eastern and Western (Greenwich) Meridian. These Hemispheres. lines are also referred to as meridians.
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The Eastern Hemisphere is half of the earth that is east of the Prime Meridian The Northern Hemisphere is that crosses at Greenwich, the top half of planet Earth England, and runs to the that is north of the equator. Antimeridian, also known as the International Date Line.
The Western Hemisphere is half of the earth that lies The Southern Hemisphere is west of the Prime Meridian the lower half of planet and east of the Earth that is south of the Antimeridian, also known as equator. International Date Line.
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The Tropic of Cancer (or the The Tropic of Capricorn (or Northern Tropic) is the most the Southern Tropic) is the northerly circle of latitude most southerly circle of on the Earth at which the latitude on the Earth where sun will be directly overhead. the sun can be directly This occurs during the month overhead. This occurs during
of June. the month of December.
The Antarctic Circle is a The Arctic Circle is a circle circle of latitude that is the of latitude that is the northernmost latitude in the southernmost latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. Northern Hemisphere.
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The Tropical Zone, also The Polar Zones, also known known as the Torrid zone, is as the Earth’s frigid zones, the region between the are the regions on Earth Tropic of Cancer and the circling the North and South Tropic of Capricorn. It is the Poles. These regions are region surrounding the dominated by Earth’s polar Equator and has a hot ice caps. climate.
The Temperate Zones is between the Polar and Tropical zones. The temperatures in this region are usually moderate and experience four seasons.
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World Landmarks Latitude Longitude
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