Latitude

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Latitude

• Parallel lines to the equator measuring north and
  south from the equator.
• Equator divides the earth into two spheres called
  hemispheres. N and S.
• 90 of latitude North and 90 of latitude South
  from the equator.

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Special lines of Latitude

• North Pole-90N---------------BRRRRR!!!!---
• Artic Circle-66 ½N-------------------------------
  
• Tropic of Cancer 23 ½N-----------------------
• Equator-0__________HOT HOT HOT!!!_
• Tropic of Capricorn-23 ½S--------------------
• Antarctica Circle-66 ½S------------------------
• South Pole-90S---------------BRRRRR!!!!---

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Key lines of Latitude
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Longitude

• Lines running from pole to pole.
• Lines that measure east and west of the Prime
  Meridian. 0
• 180 of Longitude.
• The 180 meridian is called the International
  Date Line.
• The Prime Meridian runs through Greenwich,
  England at the Naval Observatory.

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Prime Meridian
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International Date Line