The position of a place north or south of the equator is described
in terms of its latitude. Since we're talking about the surface of
a sphere, latitude is an angle, and its value is given in angle
measure.
Any unit of angle is fine ... degrees, radians, grads, etc., and if
you're given an angle in one unit, you can always easily change
it to a unit that you like better ... but 'degrees' has been the unit
used most often for latitude, and longitude too, practically since
the whole system was invented a few hundred years ago.
For parts of an angle smaller than a whole degree, 1/60 of a
degree (minutes) and 1/3600 of a degree (seconds) were used
traditionally for the first couple hundred years. But that ponderous,
inconvenient system is rapidly giving way now to plain old decimal
degrees, probably because those are easier for the computer to handle.
Answer:
South America's geologic structure consists of two dissymmetric parts. In the larger, eastern portion are found a number of stable shields forming highland regions, separated by large basins (including the vast Amazon basin). The western portion is occupied almost entirely by the Andes Mountains.
Explanation:
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.
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Answer:
they are people of different faiths
Explanation:
The Armenians and the Azeris are both groups of people that live in the Caucasus region. For a very long time, and it continues in modern times, these two groups of people have had bad blood between them.
The basic reason for this has been the religion. The Armenians are Christians, while the Azeris are Muslims. Since the Turkic expansion in the 15th century, and the conquering of the Armenian territory, there has always been problems between the two groups.
The Turkic people were trying to force the Islam on the Armenians, while the Armenians wanted to keep their faith at any cost, so they had lot of conflicts over the past few centuries.
Another reason fro the ill will between the Armenians and the Azeris has been the region of Nagorno Qarabag, which actually even led to a war between the two.
