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How many degrees of latitude are in the northern and Southern hemispheres?

How many degrees of latitude are in the northern and Southern hemispheres?

90 degrees
While lines of latitude run across a map east-west, the latitude indicates the north-south position of a point on earth. Lines of latitude start at 0 degrees at the equator and end at 90 degrees at the North and South Poles (for a total to 180 degrees of latitude).

How many degrees is the Southern Hemisphere?

0 degrees
The Southern Hemisphere is the southern portion or half of the Earth. It begins at the equator at 0 degrees latitude and continues south into higher latitudes until it reaches 90 degrees south, the South Pole in the middle of Antarctica.

What are the name of the lines at 23.5 degrees latitude north and south?

Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn: Located at 23.5 degrees North and 23.5 degrees South of the Equator, this area of Planet Earth (between those two lines) is known as the “Tropics,” and is indicated with a lighter blue color on the above globe.

What is the latitude value of the Tropic of Cancer?

23½° N
Besides the equator (0°), the North Pole (90°N) and the South Pole (90° S), there are four important parallels of latitudes– (i) Tropic of Cancer (23½° N) in the Northern Hemisphere.

What is north latitude and south latitude?

Latitude. Lines of latitude measure north-south position between the poles. The equator is defined as 0 degrees, the North Pole is 90 degrees north, and the South Pole is 90 degrees south. Lines of latitude are all parallel to each other, thus they are often referred to as parallels.

Which tropics is between 23.5 N latitude and 66.5 N latitude?

The answer to this quetion is Tropic Of Cancer.

At what latitude is the Tropic of Cancer drawn in the Northern Hemisphere?

+23.5° latitude
You may have noticed two special lines of latitude on a globe of the world: One in the Northern Hemisphere called the Tropic of Cancer at +23.5° latitude and one in the Southern Hemisphere called the Tropic of Capricorn at − 23.5° latitude.

What divides the Earth into two equal parts the Northern Hemisphere and the southern hemisphere?

The Equator
The Equator, or line of 0 degrees latitude, divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. The Northern Hemisphere contains North America, the northern part of South America, Europe, the northern two-thirds of Africa, and most of Asia.