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The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics. Geographically part of the temperate zones of both hemispheres, they cover the middle latitudes from 23°26′09.8″ (or 23.43606°) to approximately 35° north and south.
The subtropics are geographic and climate zones located roughly between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn and the 40th parallel in both hemispheres. Subtropical climate regions can exist at high elevations within the tropics, such as across the Mexican Plateau and the Ethiopian Highlands and in Da Lat of the Vietnamese Central Highlands.
Humid subtropical climate, major climate type of the Köppen classification characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. This climate type is found on the eastern sides of the continents between 20° and 35° N and S latitude.
The largest annual precipitation totals straddle the equator while the driest regions on Earth lie near the Tropic of Cancer. In addition, precipitation becomes more seasonal as one moves away from the Equator. This is primarily due to the shifting locations of global wind and pressure systems.
The sub-tropics are some of Earth's driest regions, and are expected to get even drier under climate change. Now research overturns our previous understanding of this drying, and suggests that...
The subtropics are a climatic region of the world. They lie between the tropics and temperate zones. The temperate zones are more towards the geographical poles, the tropics are more towards the equator.
plural noun. sub· trop· ics ˌsəb-ˈträ-piks. : subtropical regions. Examples of subtropics in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web On many occasions, the region was hit by back-to-back storms, and several of those systems gained extra strength by tapping moisture from the subtropics.