Question:- Which named line of latitude passes through the sahara?
Answer
The Tropic of Cancer, like it is named, is about 23.5 degrees of north latitude, and is the line of latitude that goes through Sahara Desert. This is the main latitude line running though the northern part of Africa which includes several countries in the searing Saharan region such as Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, and Sudan. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Tropic of Cancer forms the northern border of the tropics and represents the most northerly latitude where the Sun appears to pass directly over the given point at its highest (noon) on the summer solstice. The position is between two inverse climatic zones, one, which is mainly the desert belt of Northern Africa and the other which is the tropical zone
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