GEOPH224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Invermere, 10Th Parallel South, International Date Line
30 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Chido Natasha Mutize
Geography 265
Tutor-marked Assignment 1
Exercise 1
1.The name of my hometown is Beaumont. Its located in Alberta, Canada. The latitude is 53.35 and the
longitude is -113.42
Exercise 2
Section 1
Fig 1
Section 2
1.The 49th Parallel north forms a portion of the border of between Canada and the United States of
America.
2. Other parallels made famous by the war include the 38th parallel diving the two Koreas and now
dissolved 17th parallel that divided Vietnam until 1975.
3.Cities located approximately 23rd parallel in the Northern hemisphere
City and Country Name
Latitude (N)
Calcutta, India
22.57°
Cabo san Lucas,Mexico
22.89°
Bhopal, India
23.26°
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4.Cities located along the 30th parallel in Southern Hemisphere
City and Country Name
Latitude (S)
Bloemfontein, South Africa
29.08 °
Coquimbo, Chile
29.95 °
Ovalle, Chile
30.60 °
5. Cities located at approximately my latitude Beaumont, Canada- 53,35N
City and Country Name
Latitude (N)
Leduc, Canada
53.26°
St Albert, Canada
53.63°
Fort Saskatchewan, Canada
53.70°
Fig 4
Section 3
1.The International Date Line is not straight but zigs and zags , the IDL passes through the Pacific ocean
and the time difference on either side of the line is 24hrs.The date changes as soon as one crosses the
line, to avoid any confusion of date the line is drawn through where the seas lie instead of the land.
2. provinces and countries in which 100th meridian in the Western Hemisphere, north- south
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Document Summary
The latitude is 53. 35 and the longitude is -113. 42. 1. the 49th parallel north forms a portion of the border of between canada and the united states of. America: other parallels made famous by the war include the 38th parallel diving the two koreas and now dissolved 17th parallel that divided vietnam until 1975. 3. cities located approximately 23rd parallel in the northern hemisphere. 4. cities located along the 30th parallel in southern hemisphere. 30. 60 : cities located at approximately my latitude beaumont, canada- 53,35n. Latitude and longitude (cid:1008)(cid:1004) (cid:1008)(cid:1008)"n (cid:1011)(cid:1007) (cid:1009)(cid:1013)" w (cid:1006)(cid:1006) (cid:1009)(cid:1008)"s (cid:1008)(cid:1007) (cid:1005)7" w (cid:1009)(cid:1009) (cid:1008)(cid:1009)"n (cid:1007)(cid:1011) (cid:1007)(cid:1011)" e (cid:1007)(cid:1012) (cid:1009)(cid:1008)"n (cid:1011)(cid:1011) (cid:1004)(cid:1006)" w (cid:1009)(cid:1007) (cid:1009)(cid:1009)"n (cid:1005)(cid:1005)(cid:1010) (cid:1007)(cid:1008)" w (cid:1007)(cid:1009) (cid:1008)(cid:1005)"n (cid:1005)(cid:1007)(cid:1013) (cid:1008)(cid:1008)"e (cid:1012) (cid:1008)(cid:1012)"s (cid:1005)(cid:1007) (cid:1005)(cid:1008)" e (cid:1009)(cid:1004) (cid:1006)(cid:1007)"n (cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1009) (cid:1007)(cid:1006)"w (cid:1005)(cid:1013) (cid:1008)(cid:1008)"n (cid:1005)(cid:1009)(cid:1009) (cid:1004)(cid:1005)" w (cid:1006). The latitudinal and longitudinal position is 10 s 110 e: you are 20 s and 165 e, you move to new location 45 north and 50 east from your present location.
