Subtropics

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The region between the tropics and the temperate latitudes of the world. plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    regions adjacent to the tropics wordnet

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antarctic zonearctic circlearctic zoneclimateclimeequator

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"Researchers say they have the first evidence that climate in Africa is influenced by conditions in the northern hemisphere, a finding that contradicts the main theory about climate in the subtropics. As VOA's Jessica Berman reports scientists say the discovery will help them make future climate predictions."

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