LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES

• • There are two ways to define the location of a place.

  1.) Describing its relative locaton, or its location in relation to other places.

  
  

  2.) A more accurate way is by expressing its absolute location in terms of latitude and longitude.
• Horizontal * Latitude - 5° - 21°N

  Vertical * Longitude - 14° - 127°E
• Amihan - Northeast

  Habagat - Southwest
• Enumerate the two monsoons and their direction

  Amihan - Northeast and Habagat - Southwest
• The seasons in the Philippines are Sunny and Rainy, they are tropical.
• Earth Rotation - 24 hours
• Earth Revolution - 365 1/4 days
• The Philippines is above the equator and part of the northern hemisphere.