midlatitude
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- noun
- /ˌmɪdˈlætɪˌtud/
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zona templada
- Diamond argues that agricultural traits will have difficulty diffusing southward and northward between midlatitude Eurasia and the African and Asian tropics because this requires movement between regions that are ecologically very different.
- midlatitude Eurasia
Examples
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Morocco is situated astride the Sahara Desert, on the southern margins of midlatitude storm systems.
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The transmission and communication interruptions are once again predicted over much of the north and south midlatitude regions.
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A model with less low- and midlatitude upwelling may be even more resilient.
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Why would one expect the origins and early development of agriculture to take place in the midlatitude belt of Eurasia?
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Rice is simply declared to have been domesticated in midlatitude China, not tropical Asia.
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All of these areas are midlatitude regions that are separated from midlatitude Eurasia by some intervening environment.
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Almost all of history after the Ice Ages happened in the temperate midlatitudes of Eurasia.
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Deficit decreases rapidly through midlatitudes in the northern hemisphere, to a low between 55 degrees N and 60 degrees N.
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Many of the so-called tropical diseases used to plague midlatitude regions: malaria, for instance, was once a familiar curse in New York.
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The climate in many midlatitude regions is often described as temperate, with distinct seasons.
Synonyms
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3.8
Areas of Earth between the hot tropics and the cold polar regions that have mild weather
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Etymology
Midlatitude as a noun joins mid- 'middle' and latitude 'how far north or south you are on a map', so a midlatitude is the 'middle' region between the tropics and the poles and that is why this zone usually has a moderate climate with four seasons.