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CLIMATIC ZONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("climatic zone" is a kind of...):
geographical zone; zone (any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "climatic zone"):
Frigid Zone; polar region; polar zone (the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate)
Temperate Zone (the part of the Earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by temperate climate)
semitropics; subtropics (regions adjacent to the tropics)
Instance hyponyms:
Torrid Zone; tropical zone; tropics (the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate)
