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tropical climate  

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  • Tropical climates are located along the earth's equatorial belt between the latitudinal belts of the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. It is over these latitudes where the solar energy from the sun enters the atmosphere more directly than in higher latitudes throughout the year. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Climate, Tropical]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JL7PPHNX-V

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