Monday, November 23, 2009

LATITUDINAL AND LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION OF COUNTRIES

LATITUDINAL AND LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION OF COUNTRIES
(A) Major Countries Situated on or Near the Equator Kiribati, Ecquador, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Zaire (Zaire), Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Brunei, Palau and Micronesia (countries are arranged in west to east direction)
(B) Major Countries Situated on or Near the Tropic of Cancer Mexico, Cuba, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Mauritania, Algeria, Mali, Niger, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Japan and Phil­ippines (countries are arranged in west-east direction)
(C) Major Countries Situated on or Near the Tropic of Capricorn Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Madagascar, Mauritius and Australia (coun­tries are arranged in west-east direction)
(D) Mid-latitude (North) Countries USA, Canada (in part), most of the European countries, including Russia in part, Mongolia, China, Japan, North Korea and South Korea
(E) Mid-latitude (South) Countries Argentina (in part) and New Zealand
(F) Countries Touching 0° Longitude/Greenwich Merid­ian or Located near it United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Ghana (countries are arranged in north-south direction)

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