subtropics
Noun
Meaning
subtropics pl (plural only)
The region between the tropics and the temperate latitudes of the world.
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About a dozen species inhabit freshwater, mainly in the tropics and subtropics, and another dozen species live on land in cool, damp places.
To the south of the gyre NADW flows under the Gulf Stream where it continues along the DWBC until it reaches another gyre in the subtropics.
It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, being important to both smallholder and large commercial producers.
Cloudiness tends to be least prevalent near the poles and in the subtropics close to the 20th parallels, north and south.
However, the largest diversity is distinctly concentrated in the humid tropics and subtropics.
Mainly in the tropics and subtropics, about 12 species appear in freshwater, and about a dozen species live on land in cool, damp places, for example under rotting logs.