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title="Tropen – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Tropen" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearm_geard" title="Wearm geard – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Wearm geard" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="منطقة استوائية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="منطقة استوائية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zona_intertropical" title="Zona intertropical – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Zona intertropical" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropikl%C9%99r" title="Tropiklər – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Tropiklər" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC" title="ক্রান্তীয় বলয় – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ক্রান্তীয় বলয়" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jia%CC%8Dt-t%C3%A0i" title="Jia̍t-tài – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Jia̍t-tài" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96" title="Тропікі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Тропікі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96" title="Тропікі – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Тропікі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7" title="उष्णकटिबंध – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="उष्णकटिबंध" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8" title="Тропици – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Тропици" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropi" title="Tropi – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Tropi" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trovan" title="Trovan – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Trovan" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zona_tropical" title="Zona tropical – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Zona tropical" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Тропик – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Тропик" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropick%C3%BD_p%C3%A1s" title="Tropický pás – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Tropický pás" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trofannau" title="Trofannau – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Trofannau" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropisk" title="Tropisk – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Tropisk" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropen" title="Tropen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tropen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deesdoigi" title="Deesdoigi – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Deesdoigi" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropy" title="Tropy – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Tropy" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troopika" title="Troopika – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Troopika" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%B6%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B7" title="Τροπική ζώνη – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τροπική ζώνη" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zona_intertropical" title="Zona intertropical – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Zona intertropical" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropikoj" title="Tropikoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Tropikoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiko" title="Tropiko – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Tropiko" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86" title="مدارگان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مدارگان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropique" title="Tropique – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tropique" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropen" title="Tropen – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Tropen" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Teochrios" title="An Teochrios – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Teochrios" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yn_Ghrianchryss" title="Yn Ghrianchryss – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Yn Ghrianchryss" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B3pico" title="Trópico – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Trópico" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%B4%EB%8C%80" title="열대 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="열대" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurare_masu_zafi_(Tropics)" title="Wurare masu zafi (Tropics) – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Wurare masu zafi (Tropics)" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D6%87%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B1%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%A3%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Արևադարձային գոտիներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Արևադարձային գոտիներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8A%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7" title="ऊष्णकटिबन्ध – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ऊष्णकटिबन्ध" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropy" title="Tropy – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Tropy" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropi" title="Tropi – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Tropi" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiko" title="Tropiko – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Tropiko" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiko" title="Tropiko – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Tropiko" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropika" title="Tropika – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tropika" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitabelti" title="Hitabelti – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Hitabelti" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zona_torrida" title="Zona torrida – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Zona torrida" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%96%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99" title="האזור הטרופי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="האזור הטרופי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropika" title="Tropika – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Tropika" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="ტროპიკები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ტროპიკები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Тропиктер – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Тропиктер" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiki" title="Tropiki – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Tropiki" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twopik" title="Twopik – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Twopik" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Тропик – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Тропик" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zona_tropica" title="Zona tropica – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Zona tropica" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropi" title="Tropi – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Tropi" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atogr%C4%85%C5%BEos" title="Atogrąžos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Atogrąžos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B3pusok" title="Trópusok – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Trópusok" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%98%D0%B0%D1%81" title="Тропски појас – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Тропски појас" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zana-pehintany" title="Zana-pehintany – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Zana-pehintany" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%96%E0%B4%B2" title="ഉഷ്ണമേഖല – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഉഷ്ണമേഖല" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%87" title="منطقه استوائيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="منطقه استوائيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropika" title="Tropika – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tropika" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%95%E1%80%B0%E1%80%95%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%87%E1%80%AF%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA" title="အပူပိုင်းဇုန် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အပူပိုင်းဇုန်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropen_(geografie)" title="Tropen (geografie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Tropen (geografie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%86%B1%E5%B8%AF" title="熱帯 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="熱帯" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troopen" title="Troopen – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Troopen" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropene" title="Tropene – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Tropene" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropane" title="Tropane – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Tropane" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic" title="Tropic – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Tropic" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%95%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%A8%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%A4%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%96%E0%AC%BE" title="କ୍ରାନ୍ତିରେଖା – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="କ୍ରାନ୍ତିରେଖା" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godina_ho%27aa" title="Godina ho'aa – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Godina ho'aa" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropik_mintaqalar" title="Tropik mintaqalar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Tropik mintaqalar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%BC%E1%9E%96%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%85" title="ត្រូពិច – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ត្រូពិច" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropen" title="Tropen – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Tropen" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strefa_mi%C4%99dzyzwrotnikowa" title="Strefa międzyzwrotnikowa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Strefa międzyzwrotnikowa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B3pico" title="Trópico – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Trópico" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zon%C4%83_tropical%C4%83" title="Zonă tropicală – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Zonă tropicală" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%8B" title="Тропы – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Тропы" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Тропики – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Тропики" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Тропик – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Тропик" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/kacaledesan" title="kacaledesan – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="kacaledesan" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropics" title="Tropics – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Tropics" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zona_tropike" title="Zona tropike – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Zona tropike" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B8_%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BA" title="ඝර්ම කලාපය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ඝර්ම කලාපය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropics" title="Tropics – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Tropics" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropick%C3%A9_p%C3%A1smo" title="Tropické pásmo – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Tropické pásmo" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropski_pas" title="Tropski pas – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Tropski pas" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8" title="Тропи – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Тропи" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropi" title="Tropi – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Tropi" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropis" title="Tropis – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Tropis" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trooppinen_vy%C3%B6hyke" title="Trooppinen vyöhyke – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Trooppinen vyöhyke" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropikerna" title="Tropikerna – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Tropikerna" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiko" title="Tropiko – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Tropiko" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="வெப்ப வலயம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="வெப்ப வலயம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99" title="เขตร้อน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เขตร้อน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Мадоргон – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Мадоргон" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B6nence" title="Dönence – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Dönence" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Тропіки – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Тропіки" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86" title="منقلبین – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="منقلبین" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nhi%E1%BB%87t_%C4%91%E1%BB%9Bi" title="Nhiệt đới – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Nhiệt đới" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4%C3%A4n%C3%BCjuun" title="Käänüjuun – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="Käänüjuun" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropike" title="Tropike – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Tropike" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Tropic_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Tropic (disambiguation)">Tropic (disambiguation)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tropical_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Tropical (disambiguation)">Tropical (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:World_map_indicating_tropics_and_subtropics.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/World_map_indicating_tropics_and_subtropics.png/330px-World_map_indicating_tropics_and_subtropics.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/World_map_indicating_tropics_and_subtropics.png/495px-World_map_indicating_tropics_and_subtropics.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/World_map_indicating_tropics_and_subtropics.png/660px-World_map_indicating_tropics_and_subtropics.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1117" /></a><figcaption>World map with the intertropical zone highlighted in <a href="/wiki/Crimson" title="Crimson">crimson</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_A_1991%E2%80%932020.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_A_1991%E2%80%932020.svg/330px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_A_1991%E2%80%932020.svg.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_A_1991%E2%80%932020.svg/500px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_A_1991%E2%80%932020.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_A_1991%E2%80%932020.svg/960px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_v2_A_1991%E2%80%932020.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1401" data-file-height="928" /></a><figcaption>Areas of the world with <a href="/wiki/Tropical_climate" title="Tropical climate">tropical climates</a>. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0000FE; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Tropical_rainforest_climate" title="Tropical rainforest climate">Af</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0077FF; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Tropical_monsoon_climate" title="Tropical monsoon climate">Am</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#46A9FA; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Tropical_savanna_climate" title="Tropical savanna climate">Aw/As</a></div> </figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>tropics</b> are the regions of <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> surrounding the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">equator</a>, where the sun may shine <a href="/wiki/Effect_of_Sun_angle_on_climate" title="Effect of Sun angle on climate">directly overhead</a>. This contrasts with the <a href="/wiki/Temperate" class="mw-redirect" title="Temperate">temperate</a> or <a href="/wiki/Polar_regions_of_Earth" title="Polar regions of Earth">polar</a> regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly overhead. This is because of <a href="/wiki/Axial_tilt#Earth" title="Axial tilt">Earth's axial tilt</a>; the width of the tropics (in latitude) is twice the tilt. The tropics are also referred to as the <b>tropical zone</b> and the <a href="/wiki/Torrid_zone" title="Torrid zone">torrid zone</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Geographical_zone" title="Geographical zone">geographical zone</a>). </p><p>Due to the overhead sun, the tropics <a href="/wiki/Insolation" class="mw-redirect" title="Insolation">receive</a> the most solar energy over the course of the year, and consequently have the highest temperatures on the planet. Even when not directly overhead, the sun is still close to overhead throughout the year, therefore the tropics also have the lowest <a href="/wiki/Seasonal_variation" class="mw-redirect" title="Seasonal variation">seasonal variation</a> on the planet; "winter" and "summer" lose their contrast. Instead, <a href="/wiki/Seasons" class="mw-redirect" title="Seasons">seasons</a> are more commonly divided <a href="/wiki/Season#Tropical" title="Season">by precipitation variations</a> than by temperature variations. </p><p>The tropics maintain wide diversity of local climates, such as <a href="/wiki/Rain_forests" class="mw-redirect" title="Rain forests">rain forests</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monsoons" class="mw-redirect" title="Monsoons">monsoons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Savannahs" class="mw-redirect" title="Savannahs">savannahs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deserts" class="mw-redirect" title="Deserts">deserts</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alpine_climate" title="Alpine climate">high altitude snow-capped mountains</a>. The word "tropical" can specifically refer to <a href="/wiki/Tropical_climate" title="Tropical climate">certain kinds of weather</a>, rather than to the geographic region; these usages ought not be confused. </p><p>The Earth's axial tilt is <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic#Obliquity_of_the_ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">currently around 23.4°</a>, and therefore so are the latitudes of the <a href="/wiki/Tropical_circle" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical circle">tropical circles</a>, marking the boundary of the tropics: specifically, ±23°26′09.6″ (or 23.43601°). The northern one is called the <a href="/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer" title="Tropic of Cancer">Tropic of Cancer</a>, and the southern is the <a href="/wiki/Tropic_of_Capricorn" title="Tropic of Capricorn">Tropic of Capricorn</a>. As the Earth's axial tilt changes,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> so too do the tropical and <a href="/wiki/Polar_circle" title="Polar circle">polar circles</a>. </p><p>The tropics constitute 39.8% of Earth's surface area<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and contain 36% of Earth's <a href="/wiki/Landmass" title="Landmass">landmass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2014<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tropics&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the region was home also to 40% of the world's <a href="/wiki/World_population" title="World population">population</a>, and this figure was then projected to reach 50% by 2050. Because of <a href="/wiki/Global_warming" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming">global warming</a>, the weather conditions of the tropics are expanding with areas in the <a href="/wiki/Subtropics" title="Subtropics">subtropics</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having more extreme weather events such as heatwaves and more intense storms.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These changes in weather conditions may make certain parts of the tropics uninhabitable.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word "tropic" comes via <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a> <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%AE" class="extiw" title="wikt:τροπή">τροπή</a></span></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">tropē</i></span>), meaning "to turn" or "change direction".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Astronomical_definition">Astronomical definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Astronomical definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg/350px-Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg/525px-Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg/700px-Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="186" /></a><figcaption>Relationship of Earth's axial tilt (ε) to the tropical and polar circles: the Tropic of Cancer is a subsolar point only at the <a href="/wiki/June_solstice" title="June solstice">June solstice</a>, and the Tropic of Capricorn is only at the <a href="/wiki/December_solstice" title="December solstice">December solstice</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The tropics are defined as the region between the <a href="/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer" title="Tropic of Cancer">Tropic of Cancer</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a> at 23°26′09.6″ (or 23.43601°) N and the <a href="/wiki/Tropic_of_Capricorn" title="Tropic of Capricorn">Tropic of Capricorn</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere" title="Southern Hemisphere">Southern Hemisphere</a> at 23°26′09.6″ (or 23.43601°) S;<sup id="cite_ref-meteo_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meteo-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> these latitudes correspond to the <a href="/wiki/Axial_tilt#Earth" title="Axial tilt">axial tilt of the Earth</a>. </p><p>The Tropic of Cancer is the Northernmost latitude from which the <a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a> can ever be seen <a href="/wiki/Zenith" title="Zenith">directly overhead</a>, and the Tropic of Capricorn is the Southernmost.<sup id="cite_ref-meteo_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meteo-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This means that the tropical zone includes everywhere on Earth which is a <a href="/wiki/Subsolar_point" title="Subsolar point">subsolar point</a> at least once during the <a href="/wiki/Solar_year" class="mw-redirect" title="Solar year">solar year</a>. Thus the maximum latitudes of the tropics have equal distances from the equator on either side. Likewise, they approximate the angle of the Earth's axial tilt. This angle is not perfectly fixed, mainly due to the influence of the moon, but the limits of the tropics are a geographic convention, and their variance from the true latitudes is very small. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Seasons_and_climate">Seasons and climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Seasons and climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bora_Bora.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Bora_Bora.jpg/220px-Bora_Bora.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Bora_Bora.jpg/330px-Bora_Bora.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Bora_Bora.jpg/440px-Bora_Bora.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of <a href="/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora">Bora Bora</a> in <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kota_Kinabalu_by_Dale_Preston.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Kota_Kinabalu_by_Dale_Preston.jpg/220px-Kota_Kinabalu_by_Dale_Preston.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Kota_Kinabalu_by_Dale_Preston.jpg/330px-Kota_Kinabalu_by_Dale_Preston.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Kota_Kinabalu_by_Dale_Preston.jpg/440px-Kota_Kinabalu_by_Dale_Preston.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Tropical sunset over the sea in <a href="/wiki/Kota_Kinabalu" title="Kota Kinabalu">Kota Kinabalu</a> in <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></figcaption></figure><p> Many tropical areas have both a dry and a wet season. The <a href="/wiki/Wet_season" title="Wet season">wet season</a>, rainy season or green season is the time of year, ranging from one or more months when most of the average annual <a href="/wiki/Rainfall" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainfall">rainfall</a> in a region falls.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Areas with wet seasons are disseminated across portions of the tropics and <a href="/wiki/Subtropics" title="Subtropics">subtropics</a>, some even in <a href="/wiki/Temperate_climate" title="Temperate climate">temperate</a> regions.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Tropical_climate" title="Tropical climate">tropical climates</a>, a wet-season month is defined as one or more months where average precipitation is 60 mm (2.4 in) or more.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some areas with pronounced rainy seasons see a break in rainfall during mid-season when the <a href="/wiki/Intertropical_Convergence_Zone" title="Intertropical Convergence Zone">Intertropical Convergence Zone</a> or <a href="/wiki/Monsoon_trough" title="Monsoon trough">monsoon trough</a> moves poleward of their location during the middle of the warm season;<sup id="cite_ref-JS_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JS-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Typical vegetation in these areas ranges from moist <a href="/wiki/Seasonal_tropical_forest" title="Seasonal tropical forest">seasonal tropical forests</a> to <a href="/wiki/Savanna" title="Savanna">savannahs</a>.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monthly_zonal_mean_precipitation.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Monthly_zonal_mean_precipitation.png/250px-Monthly_zonal_mean_precipitation.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Monthly_zonal_mean_precipitation.png/330px-Monthly_zonal_mean_precipitation.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Monthly_zonal_mean_precipitation.png/500px-Monthly_zonal_mean_precipitation.png 2x" data-file-width="1892" data-file-height="1668" /></a><figcaption>Graph showing the zonally averaged monthly precipitation. The tropics receive more precipitation than higher latitudes. The precipitation maximum, which follows the solar equator through the year, is under the rising branch of the Hadley circulation. The sub-tropical minima are under the descending branch and cause the formation of desert areas.</figcaption></figure><p>When the wet season occurs during the warm season, or <a href="/wiki/Summer" title="Summer">summer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Precipitation_(meteorology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Precipitation (meteorology)">precipitation</a> falls mainly during the late afternoon and early evening hours. The wet season is a time when <a href="/wiki/Air_quality" class="mw-redirect" title="Air quality">air quality</a> improves, freshwater quality improves and vegetation grows significantly due to the wet season supplementing flora, leading to crop yields late in the season. Floods and rains cause rivers to overflow their banks, and some animals to retreat to higher ground. <a href="/wiki/Soil" title="Soil">Soil</a> nutrients are washed away and erosion increases. The incidence of <a href="/wiki/Malaria" title="Malaria">malaria</a> increases in areas where the rainy season coincides with high temperatures. Animals have adaptation and survival strategies for the wetter regime. The previous dry season leads to food shortages into the wet season, as the crops have yet to mature. </p><p>However, regions within the tropics may well not have a tropical climate. Under the Köppen climate classification, much of the area within the geographical tropics is classed not as "tropical" but as "dry" (<a href="/wiki/Desert_climate" title="Desert climate">arid</a> or <a href="/wiki/Semi-arid_climate" title="Semi-arid climate">semi-arid</a>), including the <a href="/wiki/Sahara" title="Sahara">Sahara Desert</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Atacama_Desert" title="Atacama Desert">Atacama Desert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australian_Outback" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Outback">Australian Outback</a>. Also, there are <a href="/wiki/Alpine_tundra" title="Alpine tundra">alpine tundra</a> and snow-capped peaks, including <a href="/wiki/Mauna_Kea" title="Mauna Kea">Mauna Kea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Kilimanjaro" title="Mount Kilimanjaro">Mount Kilimanjaro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puncak_Jaya" title="Puncak Jaya">Puncak Jaya</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Andes" title="Andes">Andes</a> as far south as the northernmost parts of <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate_change">Climate change</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate change"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_effects_on_tropical_regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate change effects on tropical regions">Climate change effects on tropical regions</a></div> <p>The climate is changing in the tropics, as it is in the rest of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The effects of steadily rising concentrations of <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas" title="Greenhouse gas">greenhouse gases</a> on the climate may be less obvious to tropical residents, however, because they are overlain by considerable natural variability. Much of this variability is driven by the <a href="/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o%E2%80%93Southern_Oscillation" title="El Niño–Southern Oscillation">El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)</a>. The Tropics has warmed by 0.7–0.8 °C over the last century—only slightly less than the global average—but a strong <a href="/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o" class="mw-redirect" title="El Niño">El Niño</a> made 1998 the warmest year in most areas, with no significant warming since. Climate models predict a further 1–2 °C warming by 2050 and 1–4 °C by 2100. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecosystems">Ecosystems</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ecosystems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tropical_wet_forests.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Tropical_wet_forests.svg/220px-Tropical_wet_forests.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Tropical_wet_forests.svg/330px-Tropical_wet_forests.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Tropical_wet_forests.svg/440px-Tropical_wet_forests.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="523" /></a><figcaption>Distribution of <a href="/wiki/Tropical_wet_forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical wet forest">tropical wet forests</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Tropical_plants" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical plants">Tropical plants</a> and animals are those species native to the tropics. Tropical ecosystems may consist of <a href="/wiki/Tropical_rainforest" title="Tropical rainforest">tropical rainforests</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seasonal_tropical_forests" class="mw-redirect" title="Seasonal tropical forests">seasonal tropical forests</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tropical_and_subtropical_dry_broadleaf_forests" title="Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests">dry (often deciduous) forests</a>, spiny forests, <a href="/wiki/Desert" title="Desert">deserts</a>, savannahs, <a href="/wiki/Grassland" title="Grassland">grasslands</a> and other habitat types. There are often wide areas of <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity" title="Biodiversity">biodiversity</a>, and species <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemism</a> present, particularly in rainforests and seasonal forests. Some examples of important biodiversity and high-endemism ecosystems are <a href="/wiki/El_Yunque_National_Forest" title="El Yunque National Forest">El Yunque National Forest</a> in <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rican</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaraguan</a> rainforests, <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Rainforest" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon Rainforest">Amazon Rainforest</a> territories of several <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South American</a> countries, <a href="/wiki/Madagascar_dry_deciduous_forests" title="Madagascar dry deciduous forests">Madagascar dry deciduous forests</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Waterberg_Biosphere" title="Waterberg Biosphere">Waterberg Biosphere</a> of <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, and eastern <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a> rainforests. Often the soils of tropical forests are low in <a href="/wiki/Nutrient" title="Nutrient">nutrient</a> content, making them quite vulnerable to <a href="/wiki/Slash-and-burn" title="Slash-and-burn">slash-and-burn</a> <a href="/wiki/Deforestation" title="Deforestation">deforestation</a> techniques, which are sometimes an element of <a href="/wiki/Shifting_cultivation" title="Shifting cultivation">shifting cultivation</a> agricultural systems. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Biogeography" title="Biogeography">biogeography</a>, the tropics are divided into <a href="/wiki/Paleotropical_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Paleotropical Kingdom">Paleotropics</a> (Africa, Asia and Australia) and <a href="/wiki/Neotropical_realm" title="Neotropical realm">Neotropics</a> (Caribbean, Central America, and South America). Together, they are sometimes referred to as the <a href="/wiki/Pantropical" title="Pantropical">Pantropic</a>. The system of <a href="/wiki/Biogeographic_realm" title="Biogeographic realm">biogeographic realms</a> differs somewhat; the Neotropical realm includes both the Neotropics and temperate South America, and the Paleotropics correspond to the <a href="/wiki/Afrotropical_realm" title="Afrotropical realm">Afrotropical</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indomalayan_realm" title="Indomalayan realm">Indomalayan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oceanian_realm" title="Oceanian realm">Oceanian</a>, and tropical <a href="/wiki/Australasian_realm" title="Australasian realm">Australasian realms</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora">Flora</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Flora"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Tropical_garden" title="Tropical garden">Tropical garden</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Flora" title="Flora">Flora</a> are plants found in a specific region at a specific time. Some well-known plants that are exclusively found in, originate from, or are often associated with the tropics include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bamboo" title="Bamboo">Bamboo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banana" title="Banana">Banana trees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citrus" title="Citrus">Citrus fruits</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Orange_(fruit)" title="Orange (fruit)">oranges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lemon" title="Lemon">lemons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mandarin_orange" title="Mandarin orange">mandarins</a>, etc.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">Coconut trees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Coffee plant">Coffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon_fruit" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragon fruit">Dragon fruit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fern" title="Fern">Ferns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackfruit" title="Jackfruit">Jackfruit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orchidaceae" class="mw-redirect" title="Orchidaceae">Orchids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arecaceae" title="Arecaceae">Palm trees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papaya" title="Papaya">Papaya trees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rubber_tree" class="mw-redirect" title="Rubber tree">Rubber tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_fruits" class="mw-redirect" title="Stone fruits">Stone fruits</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Mango" title="Mango">mangos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Avocado" title="Avocado">avocado</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sapote" title="Sapote">sapote</a> etc.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strelitzia" title="Strelitzia">Bird of paradise flower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theobroma_cacao" title="Theobroma cacao">Cacao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(plant)" title="Victoria (plant)">Giant water lily</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paju%C3%A7ara.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coconut palms in the warm, tropical climate of Pajuçara in northern Brazil"><img alt="Coconut palms in the warm, tropical climate of Pajuçara in northern Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Paju%C3%A7ara.jpg/200px-Paju%C3%A7ara.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Paju%C3%A7ara.jpg/300px-Paju%C3%A7ara.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Paju%C3%A7ara.jpg/400px-Paju%C3%A7ara.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">Coconut</a> palms in the warm, tropical climate of <a href="/wiki/Paju%C3%A7ara" title="Pajuçara">Pajuçara</a> in northern <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pitaya_cross_section_ed2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dragon fruit, a tropical fruit from several different cacti originally from the Americas"><img alt="Dragon fruit, a tropical fruit from several different cacti originally from the Americas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Pitaya_cross_section_ed2.jpg/200px-Pitaya_cross_section_ed2.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Pitaya_cross_section_ed2.jpg/300px-Pitaya_cross_section_ed2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Pitaya_cross_section_ed2.jpg/400px-Pitaya_cross_section_ed2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1647" data-file-height="1345" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Dragon_fruit" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragon fruit">Dragon fruit</a>, a tropical fruit from several different cacti originally from the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kew_Gardens_giant_water_lily.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A Giant Water Lily, one of which can support up to 32 kilograms of weight"><img alt="A Giant Water Lily, one of which can support up to 32 kilograms of weight" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Kew_Gardens_giant_water_lily.JPG/200px-Kew_Gardens_giant_water_lily.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Kew_Gardens_giant_water_lily.JPG/300px-Kew_Gardens_giant_water_lily.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Kew_Gardens_giant_water_lily.JPG/400px-Kew_Gardens_giant_water_lily.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(plant)" title="Victoria (plant)">Giant Water Lily</a>, one of which can support up to 32 kilograms of weight</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tropicality">Tropicality</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tropicality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Juru%C3%A1_River_in_Brazil.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Juru%C3%A1_River_in_Brazil.jpg/220px-Juru%C3%A1_River_in_Brazil.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Juru%C3%A1_River_in_Brazil.jpg/330px-Juru%C3%A1_River_in_Brazil.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Juru%C3%A1_River_in_Brazil.jpg/440px-Juru%C3%A1_River_in_Brazil.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5568" data-file-height="3712" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Juru%C3%A1_River" title="Juruá River">Juruá River</a> surrounded by the dense <a href="/wiki/Amazon_rainforest" title="Amazon rainforest">Amazon rainforest</a>, which is home to <a href="/wiki/Uncontacted_tribes" class="mw-redirect" title="Uncontacted tribes">uncontacted tribes</a> to this day</figcaption></figure> <p><i><b>Tropicality</b></i> refers to the image of the tropics that people from outside the tropics have of the region, ranging from critical to verging on fetishism.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tropicality gained renewed interest in geographical discourse when French geographer <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Gourou" title="Pierre Gourou">Pierre Gourou</a> published <i>Les pays tropicaux</i> (<i>The Tropical World</i> in English), in the late 1940s.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tropicality encompassed two major images. One, is that the tropics represent a '<a href="/wiki/Garden_of_Eden" title="Garden of Eden">Garden of Eden</a>', a heaven on Earth, a land of rich biodiversity or a tropical paradise.<sup id="cite_ref-Arnold,_David_p._7_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arnold,_David_p._7-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The alternative is that the tropics consist of wild, unconquerable nature. The latter view was often discussed in old Western literature more so than the first.<sup id="cite_ref-Arnold,_David_p._7_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arnold,_David_p._7-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evidence suggests over time that the view of the tropics as such in popular literature has been supplanted by more well-rounded and sophisticated interpretations.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Western scholars tried to theorise why tropical areas were relatively more inhospitable to human civilisations than colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere. A popular explanation focused on the differences in climate. Tropical jungles and rainforests have much more humid and hotter weather than colder and drier temperaments of the Northern Hemisphere, giving to a more diverse biosphere. This theme led some scholars to suggest that humid hot climates correlate to human populations lacking control over nature e.g. 'the wild Amazonian rainforests'.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropics&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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