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Prime Meridian

It is the line that divides the Planet

Earth into the Eastern and WesternHemispheres.

Prime

Meridian

0 E or W


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Eastern

Hemisphere

Western

Hemisphere


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Equator

Tropic of Cancer23.5 N

0


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Tropic of Capricorn

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23.5 S


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Tropic of Cancer

An imaginary line located at 23.5

degrees North of Equator.

Tropic of Capricorn

An imaginary line located at 23.5

degrees South of Equator.


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Northern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere


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Northern Hemisphere

Is the half of the Earth that is North of

Equator.

Hemisphere from Greek means half

ball, or half sphere.

Southern Hemisphere

Is the half of the Earth that is South of

Equator.

Hemisphere from Greek means half

ball, or half sphere.


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Western Hemisphere

It is the half of the Earth that lies west

of the Prime Meridian

Eastern Hemisphere

It is the half of the Earth that is east of

the Prime Meridian.


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North Pole

South Pole


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South Pole

It is the southernmost point on the

surface of the Earth and lies on the

opposite side of the Earth from the

North Pole.

North Pole

It is the northernmost point on the

surface of the Earth and lies on the

opposite side of the Earth from the

South Pole.


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Longitudes

30

60

0

90E

180

150

120

150

120

90

W

30

60

LatitudesNorth

60

90

0

90

60

30

South

30

60

60

30

0

90

30

90


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Compass Rose

It is an object that appears on maps to

identify four main directions: north,

south, east and west.

Compass RoseN

E

S

W


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North

South


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West

East

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