Temperate Zone

American  

noun

Geography.

1. the part of the earth's surface lying between the tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the Northern Hemisphere or between the tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere, and characterized by having a climate that is warm in the summer, cold in the winter, and moderate in the spring and fall.

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Temperate Zone British  

noun

1. those parts of the earth's surface lying between the Arctic Circle and the tropic of Cancer and between the Antarctic Circle and the tropic of Capricorn

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Temperate Zone Scientific  

1. Either of two regions of the Earth of intermediate latitude, the North Temperate Zone, between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer, or the South Temperate Zone, between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn.

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Example Sentences

On the contrary, it is the month of June, the pleasantest in the North Temperate zone, that has the most suicides.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Vaccinium and Silene are very interesting, as they are almost peculiar to the North Temperate zone; while many plants allied to Antarctic species are found in the bogs of the high plateaux.

From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel

In the North Temperate zone it is much more marked than in the South Temperate zone.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

When the offshoots of our race first began to settle in America, they found much that was new, but they were still in the same North Temperate zone.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

With magnolias and many other luxuriant trees found in warm climates, five species of sequoia extended over the North Temperate zone in both hemispheres, reaching even to the Arctic Circle.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen