What are the regions called that lie between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the Northern Hemisphere, and between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere?
Temperate Zones
Based on latitude and the angle of the Sun’s rays, Earth is divided into three heat zones: torrid, temperate and frigid.
The belts between 23½° and 66½° latitude in each hemisphere (Tropic of Cancer to Arctic Circle in the north, Tropic of Capricorn to Antarctic Circle in the south) receive slanting rays and have moderate temperatures, so they are the Temperate Zones.
The Torrid Zone lies between the two tropics and gets overhead sun; the equatorial region is part of it near 0°; the Frigid Zones lie beyond the Arctic and Antarctic Circles near the poles.
Hence, the answer is Temperate Zones.
Important Questions from Climatology
In which of the following atmospheric layers ozone gas is concentrated?
Ozone layer depletion is a major phenomenon in :
By which layer of the atmosphere the ultra-violet rays are absorbed ?
The layer of very rare air above the mesosphere is called the _____________.
Air moves from the region where the air _______.
