tropics
region of the Earth surrounding the equator
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Summary
tropics is a region[1]. tropics ranks in the top 5% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,501 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: climate zone[3]
- Commons category: Tropics[4]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tropics[5]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[6], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[7], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[10]
- Different from: tropical climate[11], Тропический пояс[12]
- Has boundary: tropic[13]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Climate change[14]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for tropics include Lusotropicalism[15], a political ideology[16], in Portugal[17]; tropical geometry[18], a branch of mathematics[19]; and tropical night[20].
Why It Matters
tropics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] tropics is known by 117 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]
Entities named for tropics include Lusotropicalism[15], a political ideology[16], in Portugal[17]; tropical geometry[18], a branch of mathematics[19]; and tropical night[20].