It also passes through the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, Gulf of California, and the Atlantic Ocean. The Tropic of Cancer passes through 16 countries including seven countries in Africa and seven countries in Asia. The north of the Tropic of Cancer is the Subtropics and the North Temperate Zone. Currently, the position of Tropic of Cancer drifts south at the rate of almost half an arcsecond of latitude per year. In fact, the position changes in a complex manner over time. The position of the Tropic of Cancer is flexible. Geography And Climate Of The Tropic of Cancer The word “tropic” is a Greek word meaning turn or change direction just as the sun does at the solstice. However, today the sun is at Taurus during the June solstice. When it was named 2000 years ago, the sun was in the constellation Cancer at June Solstice. The tropic is among the circles of latitude that are used to mark maps of the globe and its position is dictated by the Earth’s axis tilt in relation to the plane of its orbit.
The Tropic of Cancer lies at latitude 23.5 0 on the north of the equator and runs through several countries in three continents including Africa, Asia, and Europe. When the latitude lines were identified over 2000 years ago, the sun was located in the constellation of Capricorn and Cancer during the winter solstice and summer solstice respectively, hence the tropics. All the five imaginary lines are significant in relation to the Earth and the sun. Although the equator is the longest of the latitude lines, the tropics are located on the position of the sun with regards to the earth’s position at two points of the year.
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