Explain why the following lines are crucial to physical geography: North Pole, South Pole, Tropic of Capricorn, and the International Date Line

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Answer: The North and South Poles are at the ends of the Earth's axis of rotation. Lines of latitude: solar energy distribution. Lines of longitude: time. Plane of the ecliptic: orbital plane of Earth. Equator: center of the migrating declination of the Sun.

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