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The importance of the tropics

THE TROPICS OF CAPRICORN AND CANCER .

TROPICS: word that comes from the Greek and means to turn back, so at the equinoxes, the sun appears returned.

TROPIC OF CANCER : Els
the northern hemisphere tropics. Is the parallel at approximately latitude 23 º 26 'north of the imaginary line delimits Ecuador.Esta points north where the sun gets to shine from the zenith (directly above the site), which occurs between 20 and 21 June each year, which is referred to as the June solstice. In the instant case the June solstice, the sun's rays fall vertically on the ground in the imaginary line of the hemisphere tropics norte.Se called "Cancer" because in ancient times, when there was solstice Summer in the northern hemisphere, the sun was in the constellation Cancer.

TROPIC OF CAPRICORN :
is the Southern Hemisphere tropics. Is the parallel current at a latitude of about 2 3 º 26 'south of Ecuador.Esta imaginary line delimits the southernmost point where the sun can take the zenith (directly above the site) at noon at the Tropic of Capricorn, Therefore, sunlight falling vertically to the ground in the instant case the December solstice, which occurs between 21 and 22 diciembre.El Tropic of Capricorn marks the southern limit of the Zona Intertropical between the tropics of Capricorn and Cáncer.Se called "Capricorn" because in ancient times, when there was the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, the sun was Capricornio.Geografía constellation