North Temperate Zone

American  

noun

1. the part of the earth's surface between the tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle.

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North Temperate Zone Scientific  

1. See Temperate Zone

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Example Sentences

In the early 19th century, for instance, it was known that large areas of low atmospheric pressure sweep across the North Temperate Zone roughly from west to east and are apt to bring stormy weather.

From Time Magazine Archive

The planetary wind is the broad river of air that circles around the earth at high altitude in the North Temperate Zone.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Our climate is good, for we are in the North Temperate Zone.

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

The North Temperate Zone will never be able to compete with the tropics in the special products of the tropics.

From My Life and Work by Ford, Henry