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Arctic Zone

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noun

the section of the earth's surface lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.

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Words nearby Arctic Zone

Arctic Red River, Arctic seal, Arctic Stream, Arctic tern, arctic willow, Arctic Zone, arctiid, Arctogaea, Arctogaean, Arctogea, arctophile

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How to use Arctic Zone in a sentence

Only the cereal barley will grow there, and some of those hardy roots—the natives of an arctic zone.
The Hunters' Feast|Mayne Reid
They are like tropical plants which find themselves in the Arctic Zone.
The Whole Armour of God|John Henry Jowett
For with him, with the famous cruel five orchestral and nine piano pieces, we seem to be entering the arctic zone of musical art.
Musical Portraits|Paul Rosenfeld
The continents do not penetrate far enough into the arctic zone to develop a pure continental climate in the highest latitudes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various

The plant is widely distributed throughout the north temperate and extends into the arctic zone.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7|Various