why does the torrid zone receive maximum amount of heat of sun difference betwee
Difference between latitudes and longitudes.
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The area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is known as the Torrid Zone. The mid-day Sun is exactly overhead at least once a year on all the latitudes in this area; hence, this area receives maximum amount of heat
1. latitudes runs East West, longitudes. Runs North South
2. Latitudes are parrellel with each other. Longitudes are not.
3. You measure distance between latitude lines not longitude lines.
4. All lines of longitude are great circles that meet at the poles. Of the latitudes Only the Equator is a great circle.
5 all lines of longitude are equal to 50% of the earths circumference. The Equator is the only line of latitude that is equal to the earths circumference.
6. longitude is measured by time differance between the Prime Meridian and the position of the subject. It is determined by when the sun reaches its zenith or highest point in its daily passage. Compared to the time it was at its zenith on the Prime Meridian.
Latitude is the measurement of angle between the equator and the pos north or south of the Equator. With the apex of the angle being at the center of the planet.
7 all lines of longitude are equal in length. Where as no two lines of latitude in the same hemisphere are equal in length
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The torrid zone receives the maximum amount of heat throughout the year because the rays of the sun fall vertically on this region. This is located between the tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn in 23 1/2 N to 23 1/2 S. (g) It is 5.30 p.m. in India and 12.00 noon in London because India is east of London
efinition of Latitude
In geography, latitude is defined as the angular distance of any point, north or south of the equator, i.e. it is a coordinate system, that is used as a reference point to locate places on earth.
An equator is an imaginary circular line drawn on the earth, which divides it into two equal parts, wherein the upper half is called Northern Hemisphere, and the lower half is known as Southern Hemisphere. The circular lines, parallel to the equator, up to the North and South poles are the parallels of latitude.
Latitude ranges from 0 degrees to 90 degrees, wherein equator indicates 0° latitude and 90° is at the poles. The parallels lying in the northern hemisphere are considered as north latitudes, while those lying in the southern hemisphere are called south hemisphere. Some major parallels of latitude are:
Tropic of Cancer (23.5° N)
Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° S)
Arctic Circle (66.5° N)
Antarctic Circle (66.5° S)
Definition of Longitude
The angular distance of any point, east or west of the Prime Meridian or west of the Standard Meridian is called longitude. It ascertains how far a particular place is, from the reference line. The reference lines passing from north pole to the south pole is known as meridians of longitude. These are semi-circles, whose distance decreases firmly polewards, as they all meet at the poles.
All the meridians are of the same length, and so Greenwich Meridian is considered as the Prime Meridian to number meridians. The value of prime meridian is 0° longitude and separate the earth into two equal parts, i.e. Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere.