intertropical
Americanadjective
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Origin of intertropical
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The researchers also found that an atmospheric band near the equator called the "intertropical convergence zone," which produces 30 percent of global precipitation, causes an intense amount of energy transfer, and produces ocean turbulence.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
Of these, about 150 belong to the New World, mostly to the intertropical portion, though Parrots are found as far north as the U.S., and as far south as Chili and Patagonia.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
The chimpanzee of intertropical Africa brings us to a still less monkey-like and more manlike stage.
From The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope by Henry Edward Crampton
The contrast of palm trees, growing amidst the common branching kinds, never fails to give the scene an intertropical character.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
Day sight, the nyctalopia of some authors, is said to be endemic in some countries,—Poland, the West Indies, Brazil, and various intertropical regions.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
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