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Question
Distinguish between :
Vertical and Slanting Rays.
Solution
Vertical Rays :
(a) Vertical Rays of the sun fall within its migration belt.
(b) Migration belts are between Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
Slanting Rays. :
(a) Slanting Rays of the sun fall in temperate and polar regions.
(b) Slanting Rays of the sun fall in 23 1/2° N – 90°N and 23 1/2° S – 90°S regions
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