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land > climatic zone > tropics

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tropics  

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  • The region of the earth's surface lying between two parallels of latitude on the earth, one 23°27' north of the equator and the other 23°27' south of the equator, representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.

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http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/8693

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