The Philippines can be located by its latitude and longitude. It lies between 116° 40' and 126° 34' east longitude and 4° 40' and 21° 10' north latitude. The Philippines is an archipelago consisting of over 7,000 islands surrounded by the Philippine Sea to the east, the South China Sea to the west, and the Celebes Sea to the south. It is bordered by Taiwan to the north and Borneo to the southwest.

1. PHILIPPINE
ENVIRONMENT

2. 1. By determining its latitude
and longitude.
2. By determining the
landmasses and bodies of
water

3. Latitude
--are parallel to the equator and to each other.
--the distance from north or south of the
equator.
Written this way: 25°N (25 degrees North), 60°S
(60 degrees South)
*The starting point for latitude is the equator.

4. LONGITUDE
--a distance east or west of the prime
meridian.
Written this way: 20° E (15 degrees east), 45°W (
45 degrees west)
*The starting point for longitude is the
prime meridian.

5. PRIME MERIDIAN
--line that measured in degrees to the
west or east of the line, which is at
longitude 0°.
INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE
--This line of longitude which at 180° E
and 180° W, is a line that is on the
opposite side of the world from the Prime
meridian and from which a new calendar
day begins.

7. 1. Equator – at latitude 0°
2. Tropic of Cancer – 23.5° N
3. Tropic of Capricorn - 23.5° S
--Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn,
countries that are located these zones
experience a tropical climate where the
annual average temperature is above
18° C.

8. 4. Arctic Circle – 66.5° N
5. Antarctic Circle – 66.5° S
--Countries in these circles go
through four seasons-winter, spring,
summer and Autumn.

10.  The closer the latitude is to
the equator, the warmer the
climate. The closer it is to the
poles, the colder.

11.  The closer the latitude is to
the equator, the warmer the
climate. The closer it is to the
poles, the colder.

12. Ex.
15°N, 30° E – Sudan
a. Sweden
b. 15°N, 90° W
c. 45°E, 23°S

13. 1. 15° N, 105° E
2. 15° S, 30° E
3. 60° N, 24° W
4. 30° N, 0° W
5. 30° S, 30° E

14. WHAT ARE THE LANDMASSES
AND BODIES OF WATER THAT
SURROUND THE PHILIPPINES?