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Tropics vs Extratropical - What's the difference?

tropics | extratropical |

As a noun tropics

is .

As an adjective extratropical is

occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes.

tropics

English

(wikipedia tropics)

Noun

(head)
  • (geography) The region of the Earth, centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.

    • Synonyms

    * tropical zone * torrid zone

    Related terms

    * tropical

    extratropical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes
  • (meteorology) lacking or having lost tropical characteristics

    • Derived terms

    * extratropical cyclone