Tropical geography - Wikipedia
Until the mid 20th century, the imperialist, racist and Euro-centric version of tropical geography was still flourishing as influential works were still being published like Les Pays Tropicaux by geomorphologist Pierre Gourou. From 1950's onward, development geography replaced tropical geography as the sub-field of geography. Consequently, the studied regions were given new terminologies such as the "Third World" and the "global South."
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Tropical climate - Wikipedia
There are three basic types of tropical climates within the tropical climate group: tropical rainforest climate (Af), tropical monsoon climate (Am) and tropical savanna or tropical wet and dry climate (Aw for dry winters, and As for dry …
Tropics - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The tropics are the region of the Earth near to the equator and between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° N) in the northern hemisphere and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° S) in the southern …
Tropical forest - Wikipedia
Tropical forests are forested ecoregions with tropical climates – that is, land areas approximately bounded by the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing winds. Some tropical …
Tropical rainforest - Wikipedia
Tropical rainforests are a type of tropical moist broadleaf forest, that includes the more extensive seasonal tropical forests. [3] True rainforests usually occur in tropical rainforest climates where no dry season occurs; all months have an …
Subtropics - Wikipedia
The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics. Geographically part of the temperate zones of both hemispheres, they cover the middle latitudes from 23°26′09.8″ (or 23.43607°) …
Afrotropical realm - Wikipedia
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the …
Tropics - Education | National Geographic Society
2023年10月19日 · The tropics are regions of Earth that lie roughly in the middle of the globe. The tropics between the latitude lines of the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The tropics include the Equator and parts of North …
Australian region tropical cyclone - Wikipedia
An Australian region tropical cyclone is a non- frontal, low-pressure system that has developed within an environment of warm sea surface temperatures and little vertical wind shear aloft in …