tropics
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Somehow, a Gaboon viper — whose home is the tropics of central and western Africa — was on the loose Monday in a Southern California neighborhood, police say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
This connection helps shape broad patterns of rainfall, temperature, and atmospheric circulation across the tropics.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Heat still has to move away from the tropics.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Saulo said El Nino would have "cascading impacts", with a warming ocean in the tropics resulting in effects on global trade.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Their long-term existence has not damaged the forest, Meggers told me, a testament to slash-and-burn’s power to keep human groups sustainably within the rigid ecological limits of the tropics.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing tropics
Southeast Asia - Introductory
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Southeast Asia - Middle School
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Southeast Asia - High School
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