The part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate.
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Examples for "tropics "
Examples for "tropics "
1 Even in the tropics the nights may be cold in the mountains.
2 The effect is slight in the tropics , but great in high latitudes.
3 Photograph: Global Witness Time to stop all industrial logging in the tropics ?
4 Moreover, in the tropics the bulk of the rain falls after sundown.
5 The ravages his health had suffered while in the tropics became visible.
1 Some plants grow best in the Temperate Zones, while others live best in the Torrid Zone .
2 Some day the possibilities of the Torrid Zone may come to us as a great discovery.
3 A local night club named the Torrid Zone burned down before it had a chance to open.
4 The naked natives of the Torrid Zone are amphibious; they do not bathe, they live in the water.
5 Situation.-PortoRico is situated in the Torrid Zone , in the easternmost part of the Antilles, between latitude 17 deg.
1 The Chairman: The southern part of Texas is actually in the tropical zone .
2 She realized that she no longer was in a tropical zone .
3 Dunk Island is well within the tropical zone , its true bearings being 146 deg.
4 The tropical zone reaches from the 15th deg.
5 The rivers in the tropical zone abound with hippopotami and crocodiles, the former entirely confined to Africa.
6 Dublin Whether you go east or west we are still a long way from the nearest tropical zone .
7 After having crossed the tropic of Capricorn in 135° longitude, it sailed W.N.W., making again for the tropical zone .
8 The tropical zone , which extends 23° 27′ from one part to the other of the equator.
9 Though in lessening numbers they venture much further along the coast to the south, they keep well within the tropical zone .
10 Iron is found in Morocco, Algeria (whence there is an export trade), and is widely diffused, and worked by the natives, in the tropical zone .
11 Were there more species in hot, tropical zones or in cooler areas?
12 The tropical forms all disappear in these zones, as the equatorial do in the tropical zones .
13 Most of the storms below were concentrated in the tropical zones , stirred by the Coriolis effect.
14 Following stratification, mortality was significantly lower in spring and summer compared to winter in temperate, but not in tropical zones .
15 Globally, pre-SBP and IDWG were lower in summer and spring as compared to winter, although less pronounced in tropical zones .
16 And these characteristics obtain in both the northern and southern tropical zones , as well as in the mountain systems within the equatorial regions.
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