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hat do you understand by term magnetic declination
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It is also called magnetic variation . Magnetic declinationt is fefinedas the angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north which is  the direction the north end of a compass needle points, corresponding to the direction of the Earth's magnetic fieldlines) and and true north (the direction along a meridian towards the geographic North Pole). This angle always varies depending on position on the Earth's surface and changes with respect to time.

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