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Meanings of tropics in inglês

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trópicos
catalão
tropical
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zona intertropical

The part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate.

trópicos
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Examples for "Torrid Zone"
Examples for "Torrid Zone"
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Some plants grow best in the Temperate Zones, while others live best in the Torrid Zone.
Where We Live / A Home Geography
2
Some day the possibilities of the Torrid Zone may come to us as a great discovery.
The Call of the Twentieth Century, an Address to Young Men
3
A local night club named the Torrid Zone burned down before it had a chance to open.
The new yorker
4
The naked natives of the Torrid Zone are amphibious; they do not bathe, they live in the water.
The Lands of the Saracen / Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Si...
5
Situation.-PortoRico is situated in the Torrid Zone, in the easternmost part of the Antilles, between latitude 17 deg.
The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour...
1
The Chairman: The southern part of Texas is actually in the tropical zone.
Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at t...
2
She realized that she no longer was in a tropical zone.
The new yorker
3
Dunk Island is well within the tropical zone, its true bearings being 146 deg.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
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The tropical zone reaches from the 15th deg.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom / Considered in...
5
The rivers in the tropical zone abound with hippopotami and crocodiles, the former entirely confined to Africa.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
Usage of tropics in inglês
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Even in the tropics the nights may be cold in the mountains.
The Brown Study
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The effect is slight in the tropics, but great in high latitudes.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition...
3
Photograph: Global Witness Time to stop all industrial logging in the tropics?
The Irish Times
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Moreover, in the tropics the bulk of the rain falls after sundown.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
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The ravages his health had suffered while in the tropics became visible.
The Goose Man
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The trees in the tropics here have a very well-marked annual rest.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi...
7
These rain squalls came up in the manner usual between the tropics.
Two Years Before the Mast
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Remains of fir and spruce trees have been found in the tropics.
Let's Collect Rocks and Shells
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The strange substance from the jungles of the tropics had been mastered.
The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
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This American tree vegetates within the tropics, or in the neighbouring regions.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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This is nearly all the furniture which is required, in the tropics.
Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main
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At one historical period civilizations were established in the tropics and semi-tropics.
Civilization and Beyond: Learning from History
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Where he is, are the tropics; where he is not, the ice-world.
George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philoso...
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You find trees like these in no other place besides the tropics.
The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers
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This current affects the course of the air, even without the tropics.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
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A few hours in the tropics, plus information about the Lord Master?
Faefever
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catalão
tropical
Tropics through the time
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