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Torrid Zone

noun

  1. the part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.


Torrid Zone

noun

  1. rare.
    that part of the earth's surface lying between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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With the setting of the sun a thick mist arose--one of those humid tropical mists that are responsible for malaria and other zymotic diseases peculiar to the Torrid Zone.

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Sons of the South, unite In federated might, The Champions of your Country and your Queen; From New Zealand's glacier throne To the burning Torrid Zone, We'll prove that welded steel is tough and keen.

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Part of this continent is in the Torrid Zone, beyond the equinoctial line towards the South Pole.

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The Torrid Zone of the Earth is not free from moisture; it has its rains, for it has its upper colder atmosphere.

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It was in the Torrid Zone, where travelling by day is oft a very torture, especially over a plain such as that they were crossing.

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