The tropics are the geographic region of the For other uses, see Earth (disambiguation). Earth The Blue Marble, taken from Apollo 17 Human Social statistics Largest Agglomerations Tokyo, Mexico City, Seoul, New York, São Paulo, Bombay Languages (2000 est.) Mandarin Chinese 14.37%, Hindi 6.02%, English 5.61%, Spanish 5.59%, Bengali 3.4%, Portuguese 2... Earth centered on the In geography, the equator is an imaginary line drawn around a planet, halfway between the poles, where the surface of the roughly spherical planet is parallel to the axis of rotation. The equator divides the surface into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. The latitude of the equator is... equator and limited in Latitude, denoted φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. A regions latitude has a great effect on its climate and weather. Latitude is an angular measurement ranging from 0° at the Equator to 90° at the poles. Other latitudes of particular... latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer is also the name of a novel by Henry Miller, first published in 1934. Categories: Geographical term stubs | Cartography ... Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn is also the name of a novel by Henry Miller, first published in 1939. Categories: Geographical term stubs | Cartography ... Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere.

This area lies approximately between 23.5° N latitude and 23.5° S latitude, and includes all the parts of the Earth where the sun reaches a point directly overhead at least once during the solar year (north of the Tropic of Cancer and south of the Tropic of Capricorn the sun never reaches an Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum, called zero level. Most often this level is defined as the absolute sea level, but it can vary. In aviation, the term altitude is used to describe elevation above mean sea level, the term height refers to... altitude of 90° or directly overhead). The word "tropics" comes from Greek (Ελληνικά) Spoken in: Greece, Cyprus, Albania and surrounding countries Region: The Balkans Total speakers: 12 million Ranking: 74 Genetic classification: Indo-European  Greek   Attic    Modern Greek Official status Official language of: Greece, Cyprus (and the European... Greek tropos meaning "turn", because the apparent position of the Sun oscillates between the two tropics with a period which we call a A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a Martian year is a year on Mars. Contents // 1 Seasonal year 2 Calendar year 3 Astronomical years... year.

Tropical plants and animals are those species native to the tropics. Tropical is also sometimes used in a general sense of a place that is warm and moist year-round, often with the sense of lush vegetation. However, there are places in the tropics that are anything but "tropical" in this sense, even with In physical geography, tundra is an area where tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The term tundra comes from the Sami language (through Russian), meaning treeless plain. There are three types of tundra: arctic tundra, antarctic tundra, and alpine tundra. In all of these types... alpine tundra and snow-capped peaks! (See, for example, Mauna Kea Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii with a light dusting of snow. Viewed from Kohala Mountain Elevation: 13,803 ft (4207 m) Latitude: 19° 49′ 15.7″ N Longitude: 155° 28′ 06.0″ W Location: Hawaii, USA Topo map: USGS Mauna... Mauna Kea).

In ... Köppen's ... scheme of climate classification, a tropical climate is defined as a non-arid climate in which all twelve months have mean temperatures above 18 °C (64.4 °F).

Examples of tropical cities

• This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai(Bombay) Gateway of India Classification Metropolitan City Country India State Maharashtra Latitude Longitude 18.96 ° N 72.82 ° E Population Density 12,622,500 (2004)[1] (http://www.world-gazetteer.com/t/t_in.htm) 28,834/km2 Dial Code... Bombay, The Republic of india is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of over one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. India has grown significantly, both in population and in strategic importance in the last two decades. The Indian economy is the... India (19.1º N)
• Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: [hœːŋ1kɔːŋ2]; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China. (The... Hong Kong, Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: [hœːŋ1kɔːŋ2]; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China. (The... Hong Kong SAR, ... People's Republic of China (22.3º N)
• Categories: Africa geography stubs | Capitals in Africa | Kenya ... Nairobi, Kenya (pronounced either as KEN-ya or as KEEN-ya, the former being more common and thought to be correct) is a country of eastern Africa, bordering Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and the Indian Ocean. Nairobi is its capital and largest city. Republic of Kenya (Flag) (Coat of Arms... Kenya (1.3º S)
• Ipanema beach A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. The city is famous for the hotel-lined tourist beaches Copacabana and Ipanema, for the giant statue of... Rio de Janeiro, For other uses, see Brazil (disambiguation). The Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil in Portuguese) is the largest and most populous country in South America_ it is actually larger than mainland USA. Spanning a vast area between the central South America and the Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Peru... Brazil (22.9º S)
• Republic of Singapore 新加坡共和国 Republik Singapura சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு (Flag) (Coat of Arms) National motto: Majulah Singapura (English: Onward, Singapore) Official languages English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, Tamil Capital... Singapore (1.4º N)
• For other meanings of the word, see Manila (disambiguation). Manila (Maynila in Filipino) is the capital city of the Philippines. The city stands on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the largest and northernmost Philippine island, Luzon. Despite pockets of grinding poverty, it is one of the most cosmopolitan... Manila, The Republic of the Philippines is an island nation consisting of an archipelago of 7,107 islands, lying in the tropical western Pacific Ocean about 100 kilometers southeast of mainland Asia. Spain (1565-1898) and the United States (1898-1946), colonized the country and have been the largest influences on... Philippines

See also

• A tropical year is the length of time that the Sun, as viewed from the Earth, takes to return to the same position along the ecliptic (its path among the stars on the celestial sphere). The precise length of time depends on which point of the ecliptic one chooses: starting... Tropical year
• Tropical diseases are infectious diseases that either occur uniquely in tropical and subtropical regions (which is rare) or, more commonly, are either more widespread in the tropics or more difficult to prevent or control. The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) of the World Health Organization... Tropical disease