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Answer the following question in one or two paragraphs.
What are the lines of latitude? Give examples?
Solution
Latitudes are the horizontal east-west lines. The longest latitudes are the equator (0°). All the other latitudes are parallel to the equator and their length decreases towards the poles. Examples:
- The Tropic of Cancer, at 2314°, is located north of the equator. It is the northernmost limit to which the direct rays of the sun are received.
- The Tropic of Capricorn, at 23 V20, is located south of the equator. It is the southernmost limit to which the direct rays of the sun are received.
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