Tropic of Cancer

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• The extremely wealthy country of Singapore lies within two degrees of the equator; Hong Kong, with a per capita income higher than that of Great Britain, is wholly tropical; and prosperous Taiwan straddles the Tropic of Cancer.

  Academic text (2000)

• On June 21, the sun is directly overhead at the Tropic of Cancer, marking the summer solstice.

• The name of the ritual, "crossing the line," referred to crossing either the Equator or the Tropic of Cancer.

  Academic text (2001)

• One should not overlook the expedition in the mid-fifth century A.D. to locate the Tropic of Cancer, the place "where the sun stood still" in the northern desert.

  Academic text (1992)

• Taking one measurement at the Tropic of Cancer made it possible for a single scientist to do the simultaneous measurements without leaving his back porch in Alexandria.

  Blog text (13)

• Although A. aegypti is generally considered to be the most important vector of dengue in Taiwan, it is commonly found only in the regions south of the Tropic of Cancer, while A. albopictus lives throughout the island.

  Academic text (2009)

• This choice was revealed by measurements made in January 1991 at Chalchihuites, an astronomical site on the Tropic of Cancer in the northern desert of Mexico (Fig. 2).

  Academic text (1992)

• Four of the eight countries (Bangladesh, China, Egypt, and Turkey) are classified as Northern Temperate or Subtropical countries because most of their land mass is north of the Tropic of Cancer (latitude 23.27N).

  Academic text (2015)

• The Tropic of Cancer runs through several countries, including Mexico and Egypt.

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