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Tropics vs Extratropics - What's the difference?

tropics | extratropics |

As nouns the difference between tropics and extratropics

is that tropics is plural of lang=en while extratropics is the mid latitudes beyond the tropics.

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

    extratropics

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • The mid latitudes beyond the tropics