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climatic zone

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noun

  1. any of the eight principal zones, roughly demarcated by lines of latitude, into which the earth can be divided on the basis of climate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Boston University plant ecologist Richard Primack, who was not involved in the map project, said: “Half the U.S. has shifted to a slightly warmer climatic zone than it was 10 years ago.”

From Seattle Times Nov. 18, 2023

Maybe migrating critters could follow a survivable, fast-shifting climatic zone while others find refuge at the equator.

From Scientific American Feb. 12, 2012

Valdez is much farther from the summit than Fort Gibbon and is in a different climatic zone.

From The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America by Stuck, Hudson

Flora.—The flora of Central America ranges from the alpine to the tropical, with the transition from one climatic zone to another.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

The winter rains of the Karst region show that it belongs to the sub-tropical climatic zone.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

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