What is magnetic inclination or dip?

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The Earth's magnetic field makes a magnetic inclination (dip) or angle between Earth's overall magnetic field and the horizontal plane at a particular location. It shows how much the magnetic field is tilted from the horizontal.

tan I = B_V / B_H,

where, B_V is the vertical component and B_H is the h

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