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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A" title="مدار الجدي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مدار الجدي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropico_de_Capricorno" title="Tropico de Capricorno – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Tropico de Capricorno" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%B0_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF" title="মকৰ ক্ৰান্তি – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="মকৰ ক্ৰান্তি" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B3picu_de_Capricorniu" title="Trópicu de Capricorniu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Trópicu de Capricorniu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%B3%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="رأس‌الجدی مداری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="رأس‌الجدی مداری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF" title="মকরক্রান্তি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মকরক্রান্তি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D2%A1_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Көньяҡ тропик – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Көньяҡ тропик" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BA" title="Паўднёвы тропік – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Паўднёвы тропік" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE" title="मकर रेखा – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="मकर रेखा" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiko_kan_Kaprikorn" title="Tropiko kan Kaprikorn – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Tropiko kan Kaprikorn" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Тропик на Козирога – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Тропик на Козирога" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A3%E0%BE%B7%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BE%A1%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%90%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%82" title="ལྷོའི་ལྡོག་ཐིག – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ལྷོའི་ལྡོག་ཐིག" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trovan_ar_C%27havr" title="Trovan ar C'havr – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Trovan ar C'havr" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B2pic_de_Capricorn" title="Tròpic de Capricorn – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Tròpic de Capricorn" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obratn%C3%ADk_Kozoroha" title="Obratník Kozoroha – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Obratník Kozoroha" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trofan_yr_Afr" title="Trofan yr Afr – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Trofan yr Afr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenbukkens_vendekreds" title="Stenbukkens vendekreds – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Stenbukkens vendekreds" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCdlicher_Wendekreis" title="Südlicher Wendekreis – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Südlicher Wendekreis" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaljukitse_p%C3%B6%C3%B6rijoon" title="Kaljukitse pöörijoon – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kaljukitse pöörijoon" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%B3%CF%8C%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%89" title="Τροπικός του Αιγόκερω – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τροπικός του Αιγόκερω" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B2pic_dal_Capric%C3%B2ran" title="Tròpic dal Capricòran – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Tròpic dal Capricòran" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B3pico_de_Capricornio" title="Trópico de Capricornio – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Trópico de Capricornio" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiko_de_Kaprikorno" title="Tropiko de Kaprikorno – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Tropiko de Kaprikorno" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaprikornio_tropikoa" title="Kaprikornio tropikoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kaprikornio tropikoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%B3%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C" title="مدار رأس‌الجدی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مدار رأس‌الجدی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropique_du_Capricorne" title="Tropique du Capricorne – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tropique du Capricorne" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stienbokskearkring" title="Stienbokskearkring – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Stienbokskearkring" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B3pico_de_Capricornio" title="Trópico de Capricornio – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Trópico de Capricornio" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A0m-f%C3%AC_K%C3%BBi-sien" title="Nàm-fì Kûi-sien – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Nàm-fì Kûi-sien" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%A8%ED%9A%8C%EA%B7%80%EC%84%A0" title="남회귀선 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="남회귀선" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%A1%D6%80%D6%87%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B1" title="Հարավային արևադարձ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հարավային արևադարձ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE" title="मकर रेखा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मकर रेखा" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jar%C4%8Deva_obratnica" title="Jarčeva obratnica – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Jarčeva obratnica" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiko_di_Kaprikorno" title="Tropiko di Kaprikorno – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Tropiko di Kaprikorno" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiko_ti_Kaprikornio" title="Tropiko ti Kaprikornio – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Tropiko ti Kaprikornio" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garis_balik_selatan" title="Garis balik selatan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Garis balik selatan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hvarfbaugur_sy%C3%B0ri" title="Hvarfbaugur syðri – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Hvarfbaugur syðri" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropico_del_Capricorno" title="Tropico del Capricorno – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Tropico del Capricorno" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%92_%D7%94%D7%92%D7%93%D7%99" title="חוג הגדי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="חוג הגדי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98" title="სამხრეთი ტროპიკი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სამხრეთი ტროპიკი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kel%C3%BBya_Kar%C3%AA" title="Kelûya Karê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Kelûya Karê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricorni_tropicus" title="Capricorni tropicus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Capricorni tropicus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dienvidu_tropu_loks" title="Dienvidu tropu loks – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Dienvidu tropu loks" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%C5%BEiaragio_atogr%C4%85%C5%BEa" title="Ožiaragio atogrąža – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Ožiaragio atogrąža" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakt%C3%A9r%C3%ADt%C5%91" title="Baktérítő – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Baktérítő" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Јужен Повратник – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Јужен Повратник" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adijady_(zana-pehintany)" title="Adijady (zana-pehintany) – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Adijady (zana-pehintany)" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%96" title="ദക്ഷിണായനരേഖ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ദക്ഷിണായനരേഖ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="मकरवृत्त – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मकरवृत्त" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%89" title="مدار الجدى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مدار الجدى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garisan_Jadi" title="Garisan Jadi – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Garisan Jadi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Матрын зам – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Матрын зам" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%90%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9A%E1%80%89%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%BD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%90%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="တောင်ယဉ်စွန်းတန်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="တောင်ယဉ်စွန်းတန်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steenbokskeerkring" title="Steenbokskeerkring – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Steenbokskeerkring" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E5%9B%9E%E5%B8%B0%E7%B7%9A" title="南回帰線 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="南回帰線" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenbukkens_vendekrets" title="Stenbukkens vendekrets – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Stenbukkens vendekrets" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinbukken_sin_vendekrins" title="Steinbukken sin vendekrins – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Steinbukken sin vendekrins" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_del_Capric%C3%B2rne" title="Tropic del Capricòrne – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Tropic del Capricòrne" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarara_Kaappirikoornii" title="Sarara Kaappirikoornii – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Sarara Kaappirikoornii" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D8%B7_%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C" title="خط جدی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="خط جدی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwrotnik_Kozioro%C5%BCca" title="Zwrotnik Koziorożca – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Zwrotnik Koziorożca" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B3pico_de_Capric%C3%B3rnio" title="Trópico de Capricórnio – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Trópico de Capricórnio" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropicul_Capricornului" title="Tropicul Capricornului – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Tropicul Capricornului" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Зворотник Козорога – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Зворотник Козорога" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Южный тропик – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Южный тропик" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%BB_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%BA" title="මකර නිවර්තනය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="මකර නිවර්තනය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Capricorn" title="Tropic of Capricorn – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Tropic of Capricorn" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obratn%C3%ADk_Kozoro%C5%BEca" title="Obratník Kozorožca – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Obratník Kozorožca" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozorogov_povratnik" title="Kozorogov povratnik – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kozorogov povratnik" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%BE%DB%8E%DA%B5%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%98%DB%86%DA%B5%DB%95" title="ھێڵی کارژۆڵە – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ھێڵی کارژۆڵە" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Јужни повратник – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Јужни повратник" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jar%C4%8Deva_obratnica" title="Jarčeva obratnica – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Jarčeva obratnica" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kauriin_k%C3%A4%C3%A4nt%C3%B6piiri" title="Kauriin kääntöpiiri – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kauriin kääntöpiiri" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenbockens_v%C3%A4ndkrets" title="Stenbockens vändkrets – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Stenbockens vändkrets" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiko_ng_Kaprikorn" title="Tropiko ng Kaprikorn – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Tropiko ng Kaprikorn" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0_%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88" title="மகர ரேகை – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மகர ரேகை" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0_%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%96" title="మకర రేఖ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="మకర రేఖ" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9F%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%99" title="ทรอปิกออฟแคปริคอร์น – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ทรอปิกออฟแคปริคอร์น" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%C4%9Flak_D%C3%B6nencesi" title="Oğlak Dönencesi – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Oğlak Dönencesi" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0" 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Meridian</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Line of southernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the circle of latitude. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Tropic_of_Capricorn_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Tropic of Capricorn (disambiguation)">Tropic of Capricorn (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:World_map_with_tropic_of_capricorn.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/World_map_with_tropic_of_capricorn.svg/350px-World_map_with_tropic_of_capricorn.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/World_map_with_tropic_of_capricorn.svg/525px-World_map_with_tropic_of_capricorn.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/World_map_with_tropic_of_capricorn.svg/700px-World_map_with_tropic_of_capricorn.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="651" /></a><figcaption>World map showing the Tropic of Capricorn</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg/350px-Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg/525px-Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg/700px-Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="186" /></a><figcaption>Relationship of Earth's axial tilt (ε) to the tropical and polar circles</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Tropic of Capricorn</b> (or the <b>Southern Tropic</b>) is the <a href="/wiki/Circle_of_latitude" title="Circle of latitude">circle of latitude</a> that contains the <a href="/wiki/Subsolar_point" title="Subsolar point">subsolar point</a> at the December (or southern) <a href="/wiki/Solstice" title="Solstice">solstice</a>. It is thus the southernmost latitude where the Sun can be seen directly overhead. It also reaches 90 degrees below the horizon at solar midnight on the <a href="/wiki/June_Solstice" class="mw-redirect" title="June Solstice">June Solstice</a>. Its northern equivalent is the <a href="/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer" title="Tropic of Cancer">Tropic of Cancer</a>. </p><p>The Tropic of Capricorn is one of the five major circles of latitude marked on maps of <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>. Its latitude is currently 23°26′09.8″ (or 23.43605°)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> south of the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">Equator</a>, but it is very gradually moving northward, currently at the rate of 0.47 <a href="/wiki/Arcseconds" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcseconds">arcseconds</a>, or 15 metres, per year. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropic_of_Capricorn&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When this line of latitude was named in the last centuries <a href="/wiki/Before_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Before Christ">BC</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> the Sun was in the <a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> <a href="/wiki/Capricornus" title="Capricornus">Capricornus</a> at the <a href="/wiki/December_solstice" title="December solstice">December solstice</a>. This is the date each year when the Sun reaches zenith at this latitude, the southernmost <a href="/wiki/Declination" title="Declination">declination</a> it reaches for the year. (Due to the <a href="/wiki/Axial_precession" title="Axial precession">precession of the equinoxes</a> the Sun currently appears in <a href="/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation)" title="Sagittarius (constellation)">Sagittarius</a> at this solstice.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_environment">Geography and environment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropic_of_Capricorn&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography and environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Tropic of Capricorn is the dividing line between the <a href="/wiki/Temperate" class="mw-redirect" title="Temperate">Southern Temperate Zone</a> to the south and the <a href="/wiki/Tropics" title="Tropics">Tropics</a> to the north. The <a href="/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a> equivalent of the Tropic of Capricorn is the <a href="/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer" title="Tropic of Cancer">Tropic of Cancer</a>. </p><p>The Tropic of Capricorn's position is not fixed, but constantly changes because of a slight wobble in the Earth's longitudinal alignment relative to its orbit around the Sun. Earth's <a href="/wiki/Axial_tilt" title="Axial tilt">axial tilt</a> varies over a 41,000 year period from about 22.1 to 24.5 degrees and currently resides at about 23.4 degrees. This wobble means that the Tropic of Capricorn is currently drifting northward at a rate of almost half an arcsecond (0.468″) of latitude, or 15 metres, per year (it was at exactly 23° 27′S in 1917 and will be at 23° 26'S in 2045). Therefore, the distance between <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Circle" title="Arctic Circle">Arctic Circle</a> and the Tropic of Capricorn is essentially constant moving in tandem. See under <a href="/wiki/Circle_of_latitude#Movement_of_the_Tropical_and_Polar_circles" title="Circle of latitude">circles of latitude</a> for information. </p><p>There are approximately 10 hours, 41 minutes of daylight during the June solstice (Southern Hemisphere winter). During the December solstice (Southern Hemisphere summer), there are 13 hours, 35 minutes of daylight. The length of the Tropic of Capricorn at 23°26′11.7″S is 36,788 km (22,859 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Africa">Africa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropic_of_Capricorn&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In most of this belt of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">southern Africa</a>, a minimum of seasonal rainfall is reliable and farming is possible, though yields struggle to compete with for example the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Mississippi basin">Mississippi basin</a>, even against like-to-like soil <a href="/wiki/Fertiliser" class="mw-redirect" title="Fertiliser">fertilisers</a>. Rivers have been successfully dammed particularly flowing from <a href="/wiki/Relief_precipitation" class="mw-redirect" title="Relief precipitation">relief precipitation</a> areas (high eminences) and those from the edge of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Rift_Valley" title="Great Rift Valley">Great Rift Valley</a>, such as the <a href="/wiki/Zambezi" title="Zambezi">Zambezi</a>, well within the Tropics. This, with alluvial or enriched soil, enables substantial yield grain farming in areas with good soil. Across this large region pasture farming is widespread, where intensive, brief and rotational it helps to fertilise and stabilise the soil, preventing run-off and <a href="/wiki/Desertification" title="Desertification">desertification</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-unu_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unu-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This approach is traditional to many tribes and promoted by government advisors such as <a href="/wiki/Allan_Savory" title="Allan Savory">Allan Savory</a>, a Zimbabwean-born biologist, farmer, game rancher, politician and international consultant and co-founder of the <a href="/wiki/Savory_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Savory Institute">Savory Institute</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_University" title="United Nations University">United Nations University</a> Our World dissemination he is credited with developing "holistic management" in the 1960s and has led anti-desertification efforts in Africa for decades using a counterintuitive approach to most developed economies of increasing the number of livestock on grasslands rather than fencing them off for conservation. Such practices in this area have seen success and won generous awards; he gave the keynote speech at UNCCD's Land Day in 2018, and later that year a <a href="/wiki/TED_(conference)" title="TED (conference)">TED (conference)</a> address, widely re-broadcast.<sup id="cite_ref-unu_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unu-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248256098">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{width:100%!important}}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-none{float:none}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-collapsible{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div{display:table-cell;padding:0 4px 4px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main>div{display:table-cell}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallery{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div{display:table-cell;padding:4px;text-align:right;font-size:85%;line-height:1em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div *,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div *{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallerybox img{background:none!important}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img{border:solid var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)1px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb{background:var(--background-color-base,#fff)!important}</style><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default"><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tropic_of_Capricorn_(Namibia).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A sign marking the Tropic of Capricorn as it passes through Namibia"><img alt="A sign marking the Tropic of Capricorn as it passes through Namibia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Tropic_of_Capricorn_%28Namibia%29.jpg/180px-Tropic_of_Capricorn_%28Namibia%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Tropic_of_Capricorn_%28Namibia%29.jpg/270px-Tropic_of_Capricorn_%28Namibia%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Tropic_of_Capricorn_%28Namibia%29.jpg/360px-Tropic_of_Capricorn_%28Namibia%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2184" data-file-height="1638" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A sign marking the Tropic of Capricorn as it passes through <a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Botswana_Tropic_of_Capricorn_Sign.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A monument marking the Tropic of Capricorn as it passes through Botswana"><img alt="A monument marking the Tropic of Capricorn as it passes through Botswana" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Botswana_Tropic_of_Capricorn_Sign.JPG/135px-Botswana_Tropic_of_Capricorn_Sign.JPG" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Botswana_Tropic_of_Capricorn_Sign.JPG/202px-Botswana_Tropic_of_Capricorn_Sign.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Botswana_Tropic_of_Capricorn_Sign.JPG/270px-Botswana_Tropic_of_Capricorn_Sign.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A monument marking the Tropic of Capricorn as it passes through <a href="/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SteenbokskeerkringKruger.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A monument in Kruger National Park, South Africa"><img alt="A monument in Kruger National Park, South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/SteenbokskeerkringKruger.JPG/180px-SteenbokskeerkringKruger.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/SteenbokskeerkringKruger.JPG/270px-SteenbokskeerkringKruger.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/SteenbokskeerkringKruger.JPG/360px-SteenbokskeerkringKruger.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A monument in <a href="/wiki/Kruger_National_Park" title="Kruger National Park">Kruger National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tropico_del_capricorno_Madagascar_Regione_di_Atsimo-Andrefana.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A sign marking the Tropic of Capricorn in Atsimo-Andrefana Region, Madagascar"><img alt="A sign marking the Tropic of Capricorn in Atsimo-Andrefana Region, Madagascar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Tropico_del_capricorno_Madagascar_Regione_di_Atsimo-Andrefana.jpg/180px-Tropico_del_capricorno_Madagascar_Regione_di_Atsimo-Andrefana.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Tropico_del_capricorno_Madagascar_Regione_di_Atsimo-Andrefana.jpg/270px-Tropico_del_capricorno_Madagascar_Regione_di_Atsimo-Andrefana.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Tropico_del_capricorno_Madagascar_Regione_di_Atsimo-Andrefana.jpg/360px-Tropico_del_capricorno_Madagascar_Regione_di_Atsimo-Andrefana.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="542" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A sign marking the Tropic of Capricorn in <a href="/wiki/Atsimo-Andrefana" title="Atsimo-Andrefana">Atsimo-Andrefana</a> Region, <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Tropic_of_Capricorn_in_Mozambique.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A sign at the Mozambican line"><img alt="A sign at the Mozambican line" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/The_Tropic_of_Capricorn_in_Mozambique.jpg/180px-The_Tropic_of_Capricorn_in_Mozambique.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/The_Tropic_of_Capricorn_in_Mozambique.jpg/270px-The_Tropic_of_Capricorn_in_Mozambique.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/The_Tropic_of_Capricorn_in_Mozambique.jpg/360px-The_Tropic_of_Capricorn_in_Mozambique.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2252" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A sign at the Mozambican line</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia">Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropic_of_Capricorn&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, areas around the Tropic have some of the world's most variable <a href="/wiki/Rain" title="Rain">rainfall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the east advanced plants such as flowering shrubs and <a href="/wiki/Eucalyptus" title="Eucalyptus">eucalyptus</a> and in most bioregions grasses have adapted to cope with means such as deep roots and little <a href="/wiki/Transpiration" title="Transpiration">transpiration</a>. Wetter areas, seasonally watered, are widely pasture farmed. As to animals, birds and <a href="/wiki/Marsupial" title="Marsupial">marsupials</a> are well-adapted. Naturally difficult <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">arable agriculture</a> specialises in dry fruits, nuts and modest water consumption produce. Other types are possible given reliable irrigation sources and, ideally, water-retentive enriched or <a href="/wiki/Alluvium" title="Alluvium">alluvial</a> soils, especially wheat; shallow irrigation sources very widely dry up in and after <a href="/wiki/Drought" title="Drought">drought</a> years. The multi-ridge <a href="/wiki/Great_Dividing_Range" title="Great Dividing Range">Great Dividing Range</a> brings <a href="/wiki/Relief_precipitation" class="mw-redirect" title="Relief precipitation">relief precipitation</a> enough to make hundreds of kilometres either side cultivable, and its rivers are widely dammed to store necessary water; this benefits the settled areas of <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>. </p><p>Behind the end of the green hills, away from the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific</a>, which is subject to warm, negative phases of the <a href="/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o%E2%80%93Southern_Oscillation" title="El Niño–Southern Oscillation">El Niño–Southern Oscillation</a> (colloquially this is an "El Niño year/season") is a white, red and yellow landscape of 2,800 to 3,300 kilometres of <a href="/wiki/Rain_shadow" title="Rain shadow">rain shadow</a> heading west in turn feature normally arid cattle lands of the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Country" title="Channel Country">Channel Country</a>, the white <a href="/wiki/Kati_Thanda-Lake_Eyre_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park">Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park</a>, the mainly red <a href="/wiki/Mamungari_Conservation_Park" title="Mamungari Conservation Park">Mamungari Conservation Park</a>, then the <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Desert" title="Gibson Desert">Gibson Desert</a>, after others the dry landscape settlement of <a href="/wiki/Kalbarri" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalbarri">Kalbarri</a> on the west coast and its rest, northward. The <a href="/wiki/Channel_Country" title="Channel Country">Channel Country</a> features an arid landscape with a series of ancient <a href="/wiki/Flood_plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Flood plain">flood plains</a> from rivers which only flow intermittently. The principal rivers are <a href="/wiki/Georgina_River" title="Georgina River">Georgina River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cooper_Creek" title="Cooper Creek">Cooper Creek</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Diamantina_River" title="Diamantina River">Diamantina River</a>. In most years, their waters are absorbed into the earth or evaporate, but when there is sufficient rainfall in their catchment area, these rivers flow into <a href="/wiki/Lake_Eyre" title="Lake Eyre">Lake Eyre</a>, South Australia. One of the most significant rainfall events occurred in 2010 when a monsoonal low from ex-<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Australian_region_cyclone_season#Tropical_Cyclone_Olga" title="2009–10 Australian region cyclone season">Cyclone Olga</a> created a period of exceptional rainfall.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>El Niño adverse phases cause a shift in atmospheric circulation; rainfall becomes reduced over Indonesia and Australia, rainfall and tropical cyclone formation increases over the tropical Pacific.<sup id="cite_ref-What_is_an_El_Niño?_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-What_is_an_El_Niño?-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The low-level surface <a href="/wiki/Trade_wind" class="mw-redirect" title="Trade wind">trade winds</a>, which normally blow from east to west along the equator, either weaken or start blowing from the other direction.<sup id="cite_ref-What_is_an_El_Niño?_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-What_is_an_El_Niño?-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248256098"><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default"><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia_in_1794_Samuel_Dunn_Map_of_the_World_in_Hemispheres.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Tropic of Capricorn as it runs through Australia in the 1794 Dunn Map of the World"><img alt="Tropic of Capricorn as it runs through Australia in the 1794 Dunn Map of the World" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Australia_in_1794_Samuel_Dunn_Map_of_the_World_in_Hemispheres.JPG/180px-Australia_in_1794_Samuel_Dunn_Map_of_the_World_in_Hemispheres.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Australia_in_1794_Samuel_Dunn_Map_of_the_World_in_Hemispheres.JPG/270px-Australia_in_1794_Samuel_Dunn_Map_of_the_World_in_Hemispheres.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Australia_in_1794_Samuel_Dunn_Map_of_the_World_in_Hemispheres.JPG/360px-Australia_in_1794_Samuel_Dunn_Map_of_the_World_in_Hemispheres.JPG 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="624" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Tropic of Capricorn as it runs through Australia in the <a href="/wiki/1794_Samuel_Dunn_Map_of_the_World_in_Hemispheres" class="mw-redirect" title="1794 Samuel Dunn Map of the World in Hemispheres">1794 Dunn Map of the World</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tropic_of_capricorn_Australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Road sign marking Tropic of Capricorn in Western Australia"><img alt="Road sign marking Tropic of Capricorn in Western Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Tropic_of_capricorn_Australia.jpg/180px-Tropic_of_capricorn_Australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Tropic_of_capricorn_Australia.jpg/270px-Tropic_of_capricorn_Australia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Tropic_of_capricorn_Australia.jpg/360px-Tropic_of_capricorn_Australia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4368" data-file-height="2912" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Road sign marking Tropic of Capricorn in <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tropic-capri-australia2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Monument marking the Tropic of Capricorn just north of Alice Springs, Northern Territory"><img alt="Monument marking the Tropic of Capricorn just north of Alice Springs, Northern Territory" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Tropic-capri-australia2.jpg/180px-Tropic-capri-australia2.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Tropic-capri-australia2.jpg/270px-Tropic-capri-australia2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Tropic-capri-australia2.jpg/360px-Tropic-capri-australia2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Monument marking the Tropic of Capricorn just north of <a href="/wiki/Alice_Springs" title="Alice Springs">Alice Springs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tropic_of_Capricorn_monument,_Diamantina_Developmental_Road,_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tropic of Capricorn on the Diamantina Developmental Road, Amaroo, Queensland"><img alt="Tropic of Capricorn on the Diamantina Developmental Road, Amaroo, Queensland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Tropic_of_Capricorn_monument%2C_Diamantina_Developmental_Road%2C_2016.jpg/180px-Tropic_of_Capricorn_monument%2C_Diamantina_Developmental_Road%2C_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Tropic_of_Capricorn_monument%2C_Diamantina_Developmental_Road%2C_2016.jpg/270px-Tropic_of_Capricorn_monument%2C_Diamantina_Developmental_Road%2C_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Tropic_of_Capricorn_monument%2C_Diamantina_Developmental_Road%2C_2016.jpg/360px-Tropic_of_Capricorn_monument%2C_Diamantina_Developmental_Road%2C_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1312" data-file-height="984" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Tropic of Capricorn on the <a href="/wiki/Diamantina_Developmental_Road" title="Diamantina Developmental Road">Diamantina Developmental Road</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amaroo,_Queensland" title="Amaroo, Queensland">Amaroo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tropic_of_Capricorn_spire_in_Rockhampton.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Spire marking Tropic of Capricorn in Rockhampton, Queensland (4 km north of the actual Tropic of Capricorn)"><img alt="Spire marking Tropic of Capricorn in Rockhampton, Queensland (4 km north of the actual Tropic of Capricorn)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Tropic_of_Capricorn_spire_in_Rockhampton.jpg/135px-Tropic_of_Capricorn_spire_in_Rockhampton.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Tropic_of_Capricorn_spire_in_Rockhampton.jpg/202px-Tropic_of_Capricorn_spire_in_Rockhampton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Tropic_of_Capricorn_spire_in_Rockhampton.jpg/270px-Tropic_of_Capricorn_spire_in_Rockhampton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="4320" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Spire marking Tropic of Capricorn in <a href="/wiki/Rockhampton,_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockhampton, Queensland">Rockhampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> (4 km north of the actual Tropic of Capricorn)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Longreach_at_Midday_of_Summer_solstice.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Monument marking Tropic of Capricorn near Civic Centre, Longreach, at mid-day of Summer solstice 2019. The monument is few arc seconds South of Tropic of Capricorn(notice shadow directly below the sign)"><img alt="Monument marking Tropic of Capricorn near Civic Centre, Longreach, at mid-day of Summer solstice 2019. The monument is few arc seconds South of Tropic of Capricorn(notice shadow directly below the sign)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Longreach_at_Midday_of_Summer_solstice.jpg/87px-Longreach_at_Midday_of_Summer_solstice.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Longreach_at_Midday_of_Summer_solstice.jpg/131px-Longreach_at_Midday_of_Summer_solstice.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Longreach_at_Midday_of_Summer_solstice.jpg/175px-Longreach_at_Midday_of_Summer_solstice.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1960" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Monument marking Tropic of Capricorn near Civic Centre, <a href="/wiki/Longreach,_Queensland" title="Longreach, Queensland"> Longreach</a>, at mid-day of <a href="/wiki/Summer_solstice" title="Summer solstice">Summer solstice</a> 2019. The monument is few arc seconds South of Tropic of Capricorn(notice shadow directly below the sign)</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_America">South America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropic_of_Capricorn&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: South America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>, whilst in the continental <a href="/wiki/Craton" title="Craton">cratons</a> soils are almost as old as in Australia and Southern Africa, the presence of the geologically young and evolving <a href="/wiki/Andes" title="Andes">Andes</a> means that this region is on the western side of the subtropical <a href="/wiki/Anticyclone" title="Anticyclone">anticyclones</a> and thus receives warm and humid air from the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>. As a result, areas in <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> adjacent to the Tropic are impressively productive agricultural regions, producing large quantities of crops such as <a href="/wiki/Sugarcane" title="Sugarcane">sugarcane</a>, and the natural <a href="/wiki/Rainforest" title="Rainforest">rainforest</a> vegetation has been almost entirely cleared, except for a few remaining patches of <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Forest" title="Atlantic Forest">Atlantic Forest</a>. Further south in <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>, the temperate grasslands of the <a href="/wiki/Pampas" title="Pampas">Pampas</a> region is equally influential in <a href="/wiki/Wheat" title="Wheat">wheat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soybeans" class="mw-redirect" title="Soybeans">soybeans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Beef" title="Beef">beef</a>, making the country one of the largest worldwide agricultural exporters, similar to the role played by the <a href="/wiki/Prairies" class="mw-redirect" title="Prairies">Prairies</a> region in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. </p><p>West of the Andes, which creates a <a href="/wiki/Rain_shadow" title="Rain shadow">rain shadow</a>, the air is further cooled and dried by the cold <a href="/wiki/Humboldt_Current" title="Humboldt Current">Humboldt Current</a> which makes it very arid, creating the <a href="/wiki/Atacama_Desert" title="Atacama Desert">Atacama Desert</a>, one of the driest in the world, so that no <a href="/wiki/Glacier" title="Glacier">glaciers</a> exist between <a href="/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_Sajama" class="mw-redirect" title="Volcán Sajama">Volcán Sajama</a> at 18˚30'S and <a href="/wiki/Nevado_Tres_Cruces" title="Nevado Tres Cruces">Cerro Tres Cruces</a> at <a href="/wiki/27th_parallel_south" title="27th parallel south">27˚S</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Vegetation" title="Vegetation">Vegetation</a> here is almost non-existent, though on the eastern slopes of the Andes rainfall is adequate for <a href="/wiki/Rainfed_agriculture" title="Rainfed agriculture">rainfed agriculture</a>. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248256098"><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default"><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hito_al_Tropico_de_Capricornio_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Monument marking the Tropic of Capricorn just north of Antofagasta, Chile"><img alt="Monument marking the Tropic of Capricorn just north of Antofagasta, Chile" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hito_al_Tropico_de_Capricornio_%282%29.jpg/180px-Hito_al_Tropico_de_Capricornio_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hito_al_Tropico_de_Capricornio_%282%29.jpg/270px-Hito_al_Tropico_de_Capricornio_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hito_al_Tropico_de_Capricornio_%282%29.jpg/360px-Hito_al_Tropico_de_Capricornio_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="711" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Monument marking the Tropic of Capricorn just north of <a href="/wiki/Antofagasta" title="Antofagasta">Antofagasta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Reloj_Solar_del_Tr%C3%B3pico_de_Capricornio.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sundial on the Tropic of Capricorn, Jujuy Province, Argentina"><img alt="Sundial on the Tropic of Capricorn, Jujuy Province, Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Reloj_Solar_del_Tr%C3%B3pico_de_Capricornio.JPG/180px-Reloj_Solar_del_Tr%C3%B3pico_de_Capricornio.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Reloj_Solar_del_Tr%C3%B3pico_de_Capricornio.JPG/270px-Reloj_Solar_del_Tr%C3%B3pico_de_Capricornio.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Reloj_Solar_del_Tr%C3%B3pico_de_Capricornio.JPG/360px-Reloj_Solar_del_Tr%C3%B3pico_de_Capricornio.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Sundial" title="Sundial">Sundial</a> on the Tropic of Capricorn, <a href="/wiki/Jujuy_Province" title="Jujuy Province">Jujuy Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brasil_Tropic_of_Capricorn.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sign marking the tropic in Maringá, Brazil"><img alt="Sign marking the tropic in Maringá, Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Brasil_Tropic_of_Capricorn.JPG/180px-Brasil_Tropic_of_Capricorn.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Brasil_Tropic_of_Capricorn.JPG/270px-Brasil_Tropic_of_Capricorn.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Brasil_Tropic_of_Capricorn.JPG/360px-Brasil_Tropic_of_Capricorn.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sign marking the tropic in <a href="/wiki/Maring%C3%A1" title="Maringá">Maringá</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TOC_sign_Brazil.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Marker for the tropic in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil"><img alt="Marker for the tropic in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/TOC_sign_Brazil.JPG/180px-TOC_sign_Brazil.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/TOC_sign_Brazil.JPG/270px-TOC_sign_Brazil.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/TOC_sign_Brazil.JPG/360px-TOC_sign_Brazil.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Marker for the tropic in <a href="/wiki/Maring%C3%A1" title="Maringá">Maringá</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_(state)" title="Paraná (state)">Paraná</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Around_the_world">Around the world</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropic_of_Capricorn&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Around the world"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Starting at the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Meridian" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Meridian">Prime Meridian</a> and heading eastwards, the Tropic of Capricorn passes through 10 countries: </p> <dl><dd><table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Co-ordinates<br />(approximate) </th> <th scope="col">Country, territory or ocean </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_0_0_E_type:landmark&title=Prime+Meridian"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Prime Meridian</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;">Atlantic Ocean </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_14_27_E_type:country&title=Namibia"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">14°27′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 14.450°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; 14.450</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Namibia</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Erongo_Region" title="Erongo Region">Erongo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khomas_Region" title="Khomas Region">Khomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hardap_Region" title="Hardap Region">Hardap</a>, Khomas (again), and <a href="/wiki/Omaheke_Region" title="Omaheke Region">Omaheke</a> regions </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_20_0_E_type:country&title=Botswana"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">20°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 20.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; 20.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Botswana</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kgalagadi_District" title="Kgalagadi District">Kgalagadi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kweneng_District" title="Kweneng District">Kweneng</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_District_(Botswana)" title="Central District (Botswana)">Central</a> districts </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_27_18_E_type:country&title=South+Africa"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">27°18′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 27.300°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; 27.300</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">South Africa</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Limpopo_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Limpopo Province">Limpopo Province</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_31_33_E_type:country&title=Mozambique"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">31°33′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 31.550°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; 31.550</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Mozambique</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaza_Province" title="Gaza Province">Gaza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inhambane_Province" title="Inhambane Province">Inhambane</a> provinces </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_35_26_E_type:waterbody&title=Indian+Ocean"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">35°26′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 35.433°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; 35.433</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Indian Ocean</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;">Indian Ocean </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_Channel" title="Mozambique Channel">Mozambique Channel</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_43_45_E_type:country&title=Madagascar"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">43°45′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 43.750°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; 43.750</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Madagascar</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Toliara_Province" title="Toliara Province">Toliara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fianarantsoa_Province" title="Fianarantsoa Province">Fianarantsoa</a> provinces </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_47_39_E_type:waterbody&title=Indian+Ocean"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">47°39′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 47.650°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; 47.650</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Indian Ocean</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;">Indian Ocean </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_113_47_E_type:country&title=Australia"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">113°47′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 113.783°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; 113.783</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Australia</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_151_3_E_type:waterbody&title=Coral+Sea"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">151°3′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 151.050°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; 151.050</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Coral Sea</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" rowspan="2">Pacific Ocean </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea" title="Coral Sea">Coral Sea</a><br />Passing just south of Cato Reef in <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span>Australia's <a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands" title="Coral Sea Islands">Coral Sea Islands Territory</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_166_46_E_type:waterbody&title=Pacific+Ocean"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">166°46′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 166.767°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; 166.767</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Pacific Ocean</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;">Passing just north of the <a href="/wiki/Minerva_Reefs" title="Minerva Reefs">Minerva Reefs</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a>), and just south of <a href="/wiki/Tubuai_(Austral_Islands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tubuai (Austral Islands)">Tubuai</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_70_36_W_type:country&title=Chile"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">70°36′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 70.600°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; -70.600</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Chile</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Antofagasta_Region" title="Antofagasta Region">Antofagasta Region</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_67_07_W_type:country&title=Argentina"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">67°07′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 67.117°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; -67.117</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Argentina</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jujuy_Province" title="Jujuy Province">Jujuy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salta_Province" title="Salta Province">Salta</a>, Jujuy (again), Salta (again) and <a href="/wiki/Formosa_Province" title="Formosa Province">Formosa</a> provinces </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_61_23_W_type:country&title=Paraguay"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">61°23′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 61.383°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; -61.383</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Paraguay</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/46px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="660" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Boquer%C3%B3n_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Boquerón Department">Boquerón</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presidente_Hayes_Department" title="Presidente Hayes Department">Presidente Hayes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Concepci%C3%B3n_Department_(Paraguay)" class="mw-redirect" title="Concepción Department (Paraguay)">Concepción</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro_Department,_Paraguay" class="mw-redirect" title="San Pedro Department, Paraguay">San Pedro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amambay" title="Amambay">Amambay</a> departments </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_55_38_W_type:country&title=Brazil"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">55°38′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 55.633°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; -55.633</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Brazil</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mato_Grosso_do_Sul" title="Mato Grosso do Sul">Mato Grosso do Sul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_(state)" title="Paraná (state)">Paraná</a>, and <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_(state)" title="São Paulo (state)">São Paulo</a> states </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Capricorn&params=23_26_S_45_2_W_type:waterbody&title=Atlantic+Ocean"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′S</span> <span class="longitude">45°2′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°S 45.033°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-23.433; -45.033</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Atlantic Ocean</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;">Atlantic Ocean </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> </tbody></table></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><b>Map all coordinates using</b> <a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/osm4wiki/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=Tropic_of_Capricorn">OpenStreetMap</a> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="show links" data-collapsetext="Hide"> <p><b>Download coordinates as:</b> </p> <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/kmlexport?article=Tropic_of_Capricorn">KML</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=all&titles=Tropic_of_Capricorn">GPX (all coordinates)</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=primary&titles=Tropic_of_Capricorn">GPX (primary coordinates)</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=secondary&titles=Tropic_of_Capricorn">GPX (secondary coordinates)</a></li></ul> </div> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_located_along_the_Tropic_of_Capricorn">Places located along the Tropic of Capricorn</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropic_of_Capricorn&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Places located along the Tropic of Capricorn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following cities and landmarks are either located near the Tropic of Capricorn, or the tropic passes through them. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox 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