semitropical

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Coca grows in semitropical areas at heights of between 200 and 1,500 metres over sea level, and unlike oranges, can be harvested three to six times per year.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2025

Seasonal flooding hits large parts of China every summer, particularly in the semitropical south, while some northern regions this year have reported the worst floods in 50 years.

From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2023

Every year, seasonal flooding hits large parts of China, particularly in the semitropical south.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023

They gathered in the chilly northeastern city of Dalian, in semitropical Guangzhou nearly 1,500 miles away and in Wuhan in central China, where the Covid pandemic began at the end of 2019.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

No American artisans constructed the picturesque balconies, the verandas, and belvederes which suggested the semitropical existence that Nature forced upon these city dwellers for more than half the year.

From Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty by Johnson, Allen