North Temperate Zone

noun

1. the part of the earth's surface between the tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle.

North Temperate Zone

1. See Temperate Zone

Example Sentences

Latin America, extending as it does through every habitable latitude from the north temperate zone to the Antarctic seas, possesses every climate and every variety of soil, and accordingly yields, or can be made to yield, all the vegetable and animal products of the whole world.

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The plant has a wide distribution, occurring in suitable localities throughout the north temperate zone, and on the Andes of South America.

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The plant is found on heaths and pastures throughout Great Britain and flowers in late summer and in autumn; it is widely spread in the north temperate zone.

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Each autumn in the deciduous trees and shrubs of the North Temperate Zone, rows of cells at the base of the leaf stem die.

From Scientific American

Agrostis is a large world-wide genus, but especially developed in the north temperate zone, where it includes important meadow-grasses.

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