Consider the following statements with refrence to Tropic of Capricorn 1 It is the dividing line bet...........

Geography Shape and Motions of Earth

Consider the following statements with refrence to Tropic of Capricorn:

1. It is the dividing line between the Southern Temperate Zone to the south and the tropics to the north.

2. It is thus the northrenmost latitude where the Sun can be directly overhead.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 Nor 2

Tropic of Capricorn (or the Southern Tropic) is the circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point on the December (or southern) solstice.

It is thus the southernmost latitude where the Sun can be directly overhead. Its northern equivalent is the Tropic of Cancer.

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