SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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North, South, East & West
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Tweets that cannot be erased
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The Directions between the cardinal directions
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Lines of Latitude
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Detailed explanation-1: –North (N), East (E), West (W), South (S) are called cardinal points.-The other four intermediate directions are North-East (NE), South-East (SE), South-West (SW) and North-West (NW). These are called intermediate cardinal points.
Detailed explanation-2: -The intermediate directions are northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest. They are also called ordinal and intercardinal directions. They are the directions in between the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west) on a compass.
Detailed explanation-3: -The four major directionsNorth, South, East and West are called cardinal points. Beside these major directions we have four intermediate directionsNorth-east (NE), South-east (SE), South-west (SW) and North-west (NW). The intermediate directions are very helpful in locating any place more accurately.
Detailed explanation-4: -North-east, South-east, North-west and South-west are four intermediate directions.