Geography [[Weather and Climate]] 4.2

[[4.2 Why do seasonal variaty o f climates occur?]]

Equinox: 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness which occurs when the sun is directly above the equator.

Position of the Sun::

22nd December = Over Tropic of Capricorn = winter solstice

21st March = Over Equator = Vernal Equinox

21st June = Over Tropic of Cancer = Summer Solstice

23rd Spetmeber - Over Equator = Winter Equinox

The Tropicsheya: 231/3 N and 231/3 S

* Area inbetween the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn where at at least one occasion throughout the year the sun will be directly overhead.

* The closer the place to the tropic of cancer or capricorn, the closer together the times the sun is overhead.

- As the sun moved north, so do the pressure belts as they are due to the suns heating of the air

- sun moves through 47 degrees of latitude each year

Pressure belts move 5 degrees north and south of their central locations.

In June, the pressure belts have moved north

In December, the pressure belts have moved south

- The weather systems move with the pressure belts.