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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Torrid Zone

The temperature must be kept as warm there as in the Torrid Zone.

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

That region is called the Torrid Zone because “torrid” means “hot.”

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

In any case, too, it must have a long summer trip; for one cannot go from New Zealand to Europe without crossing the Torrid Zone.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Jewett Castello Gilson

If you look at a map of Borneo you will see that the Equator divides the island into two parts, so that Borneo is right in the middle of the Torrid Zone.

From Children of Borneo by Edwin Herbert Gomes

Sons of the South, unite In federated might, The Champions of your Country and your Queen; From New Zealand's glacier throne To the burning Torrid Zone, We'll prove that welded steel is tough and keen.

From The Coo-ee Reciter by Various