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Describe important parallels of latitudes

Shereen Rouf · Answer

The equator: it is the mist important latitude and the largest
circle that can be drawn on the glove it divides the earth in two
equal halves northern and southern hemisphere Trpopic if Capricorn:
it is an important parallel of latitude in the southern hemisphere
it has an angular distance of 23 1/2 degree from the equator Tropic
of cancer: it is an important parallel of latitude in the northern
hemisphere it has an angular disrance of 23 1/2 degree from the
Equator arctic circle: it lies at the distance of 66 1/2 N from the
equator Antarctic circle lies at the distance of 66 1/2 degree s of
equator