TROPIC OF CANCER AND

TROPIC OF CAPRICORN

BY MARTA AND NOLEIA

 TROPIC OF CANCER
The Tropic of Cancer, which is also referred to as the Northern Tropic, is the most
northerly circle of latitude on Earth at which the Sun can be directly overhead.
This occurs on the June solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward
the Sun to its maximum extent.
CLIMATE
Excluding cooler highland regions in China, the climate at the Tropic of Cancer is
generally hot and dry except for easterly coastal areas where orographic rainfall
can be very heavy, in some places reaching 4 meters (160 in) annually.
 TROPIC OF CAPRICORN
The 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.
CLIMATE
The Tropic of Capricorn is an imaginary line of latitude going around the Earth at
approximately 23.5° south of the equator.
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