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  2. Cardinal direction - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, a line from the center to the South celestial pole will define the South point by its intersection with the limb. The points at right angles to the North and South points are the East and West points. Going around the disk clockwise from the North point, one encounters in order the West point, the South point, and then the East point.

  3. Points of the compass - Wikipedia

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    32-point compass rose. The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography.A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each separated by 90 degrees, and secondarily divided by four ordinal (intercardinal) directions—northeast, southeast, southwest, and ...

  4. List of sub-regions used in the London Plan - Wikipedia

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    North East Central Barking and Dagenham: East North East East Barnet: North North North Bexley: East South East East Brent: West West West Bromley: South South East South Camden: Central North Central Croydon: South South West South Ealing: West West West Enfield: North North North Greenwich: East South East East Hackney: East North East ...

  5. Compass rose - Wikipedia

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    Four-point compass roses use only the four "basic winds" or "cardinal directions" (North, East, South, West), with angles of difference at 90°. Eight-point compass roses use the eight principal winds —that is, the four cardinal directions (N, E, S, W) plus the four "intercardinal" or " ordinal directions " (NE, SE, SW, NW), at angles of ...

  6. List of regions of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Region 2: Midwest (designated as the North Central Region before June 1984) [8] Division 3: East North Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin) Division 4: West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) Region 3: South

  7. Classical compass winds - Wikipedia

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    Similarly Lips (SW) and Notos (S) are "south winds" and Eurus (SE) and Apeliotes (E) are "east winds", but once again, both south and east winds are "generally southerly" (Notiae) because are all relatively warm (Aristotle reasons that as the sun rises in the east, then it heats east winds longer than west winds). With this general ...

  8. Four Symbols - Wikipedia

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    The Azure Dragon of the East represents Wood, the Vermilion Bird of the South represents Fire, the White Tiger of the West represents Metal, and the Black Tortoise (or Black Warrior) of the North represents Water. In this system, the fifth principle Earth is represented by the Yellow Dragon of the Center. [8]

  9. List of Interstate Highways - Wikipedia

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    Typically, even-numbered Interstates run eastwest, with lower numbers in the south and higher numbers in the north; odd-numbered Interstates run northsouth, with lower numbers in the west and higher numbers in the east. Route numbers divisible by 5 usually represent major coast-to-coast or border-to-border routes (ex.