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

Lying just within the Torrid Zone, it has a climate which combines the fecund influences of the tropics with the agreeable moderation of the Temperate Zones.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

So any sailors would of course be boiled alive as soon as they got near to the Torrid Zone.

From Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. by Beazley, C. Raymond

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

The morning sun, as usual in the Torrid Zone, dispersed the clouds and restored the beautiful blue of the tropical sky.

From A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 by Kotzebue, Otto von

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