Torrid Zone

American  

noun

1. the part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.

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Torrid Zone British  

noun

1. rare that part of the earth's surface lying between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn

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Example Sentences

Agriculture stands at a low ebb; but the abundant rains and the rich soil produce very large harvests of rice, the principal crop, and all the productions of the Torrid Zone thrive.

From Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Shute, A. B.

This land is within the Torrid Zone, and beyond the equinoctial line on the south side, over which the Pole rises from the meridian 5�, beyond every climate.

From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Casas, Bartolom? de las

Part of this continent is in the Torrid Zone, beyond the equinoctial line towards the South Pole.

From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Casas, Bartolom? de las

It is divided into two unequal parts by the Tropic of Capricorn, and consequently belongs partly to the South Temperate, partly to the Torrid Zone.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

North America stretches far up north into the North Frigid Zone and far south into the Torrid Zone, but most of it lies in the North Temperate Zone.

From Where We Live A Home Geography by Jacobs, Emilie Van Beil