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Tropic of Capricorn

The Tropic of Capricorn is a major circle of latitude located at 23.5 degrees south of the equator. It marks the southernmost point on where the Sun shines directly overhead during the December solstice.

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Would the tropic of Capricorn be found in the southern hemisphere or northern hemisphere?

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The Tropic of Capricorn is in the southern hemisphere; the Tropic of Cancer is in the northern hemisphere. The way to remember is at the time of year when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, the sun was in the constellation of Capricorn back when the tropics were named.

Which Indian state does tropic of cancer does not pass through?

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The Indian states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Mizoram, and Tripura are divided by the Tropic of Cancer, which also crosses southern Rajasthan and northern Chhattisgarh.

The remaining 20 states do not:

Andhra Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Goa

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Karnataka

Kerala

Maharashtra

Manipur

Meghalaya

Nagaland

Orissa

Punjab

Sikkim

Tamil Nadu

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

What are the characteristics of a tropical region?

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The Tropics are the land and sea areas between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn which are 23.5 degrees north(Cancer) and south(Capricorn) of the Equator.

These areas are typically hot, humid and rainy, with lush vegetation and lots of insects, snakes and reptiles. But these conditions are most pronounced at or near sea level and change as the land rises, e.g. into mountains. There is also plenty of desert in the Tropics

What do the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer signify?

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Respectively, they are the southernmost and northernmost latitudes where the sun may be directly overhead. Each tropic experiences this phenomenon once per year, on the equinoxes of December and June respectively.

What is the line of latitude of the tropic of capicorn?

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It's roughly 23.5 degrees south of the equator,

all the way around the Earth.

What countries crosses the tropic of Capricorn?

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The Tropic of Capricorn passes through the following countries:

South America:

Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil

Africa:

Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar

Australian States:

Western Australia, Northern Territories, Queensland

Name four large countries of the Tropic Cancer?

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The four large countries is fidjopfn

How many degrees on tropic of Capricorn?

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The Tropic of Capricorn is at just under 23.5 degrees south latitude. There are 90 degrees of latitude from the equator to the pole, which is one quarter of the earth's circumference. Since the earth's circumference is about 25,000 miles, one quarter of it is about 6,250 miles. The distance from the equator to the tropic is therefore approximately 6,250x23.5/90 = 1,630 miles (2,630 km). The distance from the equator to the Tropic of Cancer, at 23.5 degrees north latitude, is the same.

What is closer to Boston the tropic of cancer or Capricorn?

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The Tropic of Cancer is closer; it's in the northern hemisphere.

Which island in the Indian Ocean is crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn?

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Some of the islands which lie on the Tropic of Capricorn include Heron Island (on the Great Barrier Reef), and the islands of Fiji.

What cities are on the Tropic of Cancer?

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That depends on what you call 'close'. If your definition is sufficiently

liberal, then Anchorage and Barrow might qualify.

The closest ones I can find are

  • Aswan, Egypt (44 miles from the city center to the Tropic of Cancer)
  • Muscat, UAE (12 miles)
  • Ahmadabad, India (29 miles)
  • Bhopal, India (14 miles)
  • Ranchi, India (7 miles)
  • Dhaka, Bangladesh (18 miles)
  • Nanning, China (43 miles)
  • Guangzhou, China (22 miles)
  • T'ainan, Taiwan (32 miles)
  • Mazatlan, Mexico (17 miles)
  • Havana, Cuba (21 miles)

How many miles wide is Africa at the tropic of Capricorn?

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The distance at across southern Africa at the tropic of Capricorn is about 1,520 miles.

What country is Tropic of Capricorn in?

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The Tropic of Capricorn passes through the following countries:

South America:

Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil

Africa:

Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar

Australian States:

Western Australia, Northern Territories, Queensland

What is the distance of the tropic of Capricorn in miles?

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The shortest distance between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn on 1 January 2016[1], will be 5185.315 km[2] or 3222.006 international miles, a difference of 46° 52' 08.436".

1. On 1 January 2016 at UT 00:00 00:000, Tropic of Cancer WGS84 23° 26' 04.218" North, and Tropic of Capricorn WGS84 23° 26' 04.218" South, personally calculated using the PHP Science Labs website, Obliquity of the Ecliptic and Nutation in Obliquity calculator (true obliquity using the IAU 2000B nutation series).

2. Using Charles Karney's GeodSolve online geodesic calculator.

Which line is farthest south the tropic of Capricorn or the tropic of cancer?

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The Tropic of Cancer is north of the equator, near the parallel of latitude 23.5° N.

The Tropic of Capricorn is south of the equator, near the parallel 23.5°S.

What capital located on the tropic of cancer?

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Muscat, Oman is only about 12 miles north of the Tropic of Cancer.

What latitude line is halfway between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?

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Yes.

The South Pole is at 90 degrees S latitude.

The North Pole is at 90 degrees N latitude.

The Equator is at 0 degrees latitude.

What is the temp of the tropic of Capricorn?

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A tropic is an imaginary line of latitude that encircles the globe. The temperature on this line varies throughout the year and also with the geographic features and climates that fall on the line.

Why regions between tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn have hot wet climates?

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The Tropic of Cancer is north of the Equator, while the Tropic of Capricorn is south of the Equator. As both are near the Equator, I would say they were warm. But, usually, without cloud cover to trap and keep in the day's heat, the night could prove to be very cold, as the day's heat escapes into the night sky.

What do the tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn have in common?

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The Tropic of Cancer is the northernmost point where the Sun shines directly overhead at noon in the June solstice (summer), whereas the Tropic of Capricorn is the southernmost point where the Sun shines directly overhead at noon in the December solstice (winter).

Which coastal Queensland town does the tropic of Capricorn pass through?

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Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia.

What is unusual about the names tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn?

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Its Mainly that one has its solstice 21 June (Cancer) and other 21 December (Capricorn) and that one is south and one is north of Equator. They both are quite alike, both have hot dry climate and are situated 23.27 degrees in any direction of Equator.