Tropic of Cancer, Capricorn, and Prime Median & GMT, Time zone, Indian Standard Time.
Tropic of Cancer-
Futhest point north of the Equator where the Sun is positioned directly above at local noon
Tropic of Cancer Countries:
Mexico, Bahamas, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Algeria, Niger, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, India, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Taiwan.
Tropic of Cancer - Ocean & Ses:
* Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico,Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Taiwan Strait, Philippine Strait.
Tropic of Capricorn -
Continent:
South America, Africa, Australia,
Country - Brazil, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Namibia, Bonjuala, Australia
* River Limpopo crosses through Tropic of Capricorn twice country: Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Australia.
Important Longitudinal Meridian -
Prime Meridian - Greenwich Meridian
* International time line - 0 degree
* International Date line - 180 degree
Greenwich Meridian -
Countries:
UK, France, Spain,Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Queen Moud Land (Region in Atlantica )
*Continent: Europe, Africa, Antartica,
Intersection of Prime Meridian-
* With Tropic of Cancer: Algeria ( Africa)
* With Equator Gulf of Guinea ( Atlantic Ocean)
* With Tropic of Capricorn: Atlantic Ocean ( opposite Namibia)
Greenwich Mean Time-
* GMT- solar time at the 0 degree longitude ( prime Meridian)
* UTC- ( cordinated universal Time) replaced GMT in 1972 as the time standard.
* Time zones regions on Earth that use the same local time/ standard time.
* The Royal Observatory Greewhich , is home of the Prime Meridian of the world, longitude 000° 00' 00"
* It is located to Southern east of London
* Oct 1884- International Meridian Conference held on Washington DC is US - to determine Prime Meridian for International use.
Calculating Time
Time Zone
Indian Standard Time
* IST is 5:30 hour ahead of GMT/ coordinated universal Time (UTC)
* IST is based on longitude 82,5° which passes through Mirzapur, near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh
* Bombay Time and Calcutta Time -1906- single IST.
States on IST
* IST( Indian standard Time) UP, MP, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh
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