Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : The Equator
The correct answer is The Equator. - A Great Circle is any circle that circumnavigates the Earth and passes through the center of the Earth.
- A great circle always divides the Earth in half, thus the Equator is a great circle (but no other latitudes) and all lines of longitude are great circles.
- The Equator:
- It is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth at the same distance from the North Pole and the South Pole.
- It divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
- On the northern side of this line are the Tropic of Cancer at 23½ ° and the Tropic of Capricorn at 23½ ° on the southern side.
- The equator passes through the land or waters of 14 countries.
- The Tropic of Capricorn:
- It is an imaginary line drawn from the west to the east, at 23° 23 '22" parallel to the equator in the southern hemisphere.
- The area to the north of the Tropic of Capricorn and south of the Tropic of Cancer is called the "tropical region".
- The Tropic of Cancer:
- It is a latitude line drawn from west to east at 23.5 degrees in the Northern Hemisphere, parallel to the equator on the globe.
- It is the northernmost latitude line of the Earth, on which the sun shines vertically in the afternoon.
- The Arctic Circle:
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