KNOWING THE TROPICS
Tropics, also called tropical zone or torrid zone, all the land and water of the earth situated between the Tropic of Cancer at lat. 231/2°N and the Tropic of Capricorn at lat. 231/2°S. Every point within the tropics receives the perpendicular rays of the sun at noon on at least one day of the year. The sun is directly overhead at lat. 231/2°N on June 21 or 22, the summer solstice, and at lat. 231/2°S on Dec. 21 or 22, the winter solstice.
The tropics contain the world's largest regions of tropical rain-forest climate (Amazon and Congo basins). These lush rain-forest regions, whose immense vegetation growth is attributed to monsoon rains, contain some of the most prolific and widely speciated regions on earth for a wide variety of flora and fauna. Toward the northern and southern limits are low-latitude savanna, steppe, and desert climates (with decreasing seasonal rainfall). Tropical highland climates, which have the characteristics of temperate climates, also occur where high mountain ranges lie in the zone. High temperatures and rainfall make rubber, tea, coffee, cocoa, spices, bananas, pineapples, oils and nuts, and lumber the leading agricultural exports of the countries in the tropical zone.
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD THAT LIES WITHIN THE TROPICS INCLUDE:
NORTH AMERICA
Mexico
CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
SOUTH AMERICA
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Galápagos Islands
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Venezuela
CARIBBEAN
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
Puerto Rico
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kits and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin (France)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Cacaos Islands
United States Virgin Islands
CENTRAL AFRICA
Angola
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Sudan
Zambia
**EAST AFRICA **
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mozambique
Reunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Tanzania
Uganda
WEST AFRICA
Benin
Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Saint Helena
São tomé and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Brunei
Burma (Myanmar)
Cambodia
East Timor
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
INDIA - India is home to an extraordinary variety of climatic regions, ranging from tropical in the south to temperate and alpine in the Himalayan north, where elevated regions receive sustained winter snowfall. The nation's climate is strongly influenced by the Himalayas and the Thar Desert.
TROPICAL FOREST ANIMALS
Tropical forests are the home to a huge number of animal species. In fact, the number of species living in the tropical forests is more than all other habitats combined.
Many tropical areas are humid and have wet environments with plants and animals specially adapted to live well within the climate.
TROPICAL CLIMATE
Tropical climates are found in areas that lie close to the equator. Here the sun shines intensely. Within tropical climates, there are three groups: tropical wet; tropical wet and dry; and tropical monsoon. Tropical wet regions, also known as rain forests, have the most predictable weather on earth. Here, everyday is pretty much the same. You can expect lots of rain, warm nights and hot days. The seasons change only slightly.
Fun Fact about Tropical Climates
• In India, the monsoon rains not only water crops, but they power electric plants. If the rains are scarce, electricity becomes expensive.
TROPICAL OCEAN
Tropical cities by the sea are ideal vacation spots to many travelers, and a major reason they are so popular amount tourists is the water. The tropical oceans of the world are warm, often visually appealing and are sometimes skirted with sandy beaches where many travelers spend a great deal of their trip. But you may find that you don't know quite as much as you may think about this essential ingredient to paradise in the tropics, the ocean.
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REFERENCES
http://www.skyenimals.com/browse_habitat.cgi?habitat=tropical_forest
http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-tropical-climates/
https://www.hobotraveler.com/tropical/list-of-tropical-countries.php
http://www.encyclopedia.com/science-and-technology/biology-and-genetics/environmental-studies/tropics
http://traveltips.usatoday.com/tropical-ocean-62292.html
