Prelims · 3 Physical & World Geography · 3.1 Universe, solar system and the Earth
3.1.7 Latitudes and longitudes: important parallels and heat zones
Latitudes (parallels) measure distance north or south of the equator and mark the tropics and polar circles that define the heat zones; longitudes (meridians) measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian at Greenwich and form, with parallels, the grid used to fix any place on Earth.
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- latitude
- longitude
- parallel
- meridian
- equator
- Tropic of Cancer
- Tropic of Capricorn
- Arctic Circle
- Antarctic Circle
- Prime Meridian
- Greenwich
- great circle
- graticule
- torrid zone
- temperate zone
- frigid zone
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