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"The horse latitudes are two high-pressure belts characterized by low winds, at about 30 degrees north and south of the equator. Dreaded by early sailors, these areas have undependable winds with long periods of calm. In the Northern Hemisphere, particularly near Bermuda, sailing ships carrying horses from Spain to the New World (the Americas) were often stalled. When water supplies ran low, these animals were the first to go without water. Dying from thirst or tossed overboard, the animals were sacrificed to conserve water for the men. Explorers and sailors reported that the seas were "strewn with bodies of horses." This is one explanation of how these areas came to be called the horse latitudes."
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Calm regions known as the horse latitudes oar centered on 2 named lines of latitude What is the name of these 2 lines of latitude?
Horse latitudes are also known as subtropical highs. They are latitudes that lie between 30 and 35 degrees north, as well as south.
What is horse latitude?
Horse latitudes are between 30 and 35 degrees north and south. The horse latitudes are also known as the sub tropical latitudes. The pressure in the horse latitudes is called the subtropical high.
What is another name for a line of latitide?
parallel
What are the imaginary parallel lines numbered in degrees around the north and south of the equator?
both latitide as horizontal and longitude as vertical
What line of latitude is located at the mouth of the Amazon?
coper horse
Is another name for a line of latitude?
Linesof latitude are also known as circles of latitude or parallels.
What latitude occurs in the polar easterlies westerlies and trade winds?
I think it's the horse latitude. I'm not that good in science.
How did sailors get to horse latitude if they had to go through a calm region?
Balls.
What are horse latitude winds?
Horse latitude winds are dry, stable, and often calm areas that are found around 30 degrees latitude in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. These winds are typically associated with high-pressure systems and are characterized by weak or variable winds. The term "horse latitude" originated from the stories of Spanish sailors throwing their horses overboard when they became stranded in these calm zones during their voyages.
Parallels are used to measure longitude or latitude?
latitude longitudes are known as meridians
What is the degrees of what latitude lines start from?
All lines of latitude start from the 0 degree latitude line, known as the equator.
What are winds that blow from the east from the horse latitude toward the equator?
Trade Winds
