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Transition zone

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Tran`si´tion zone
1.(Biogeography) The zone lying between the Boreal and Sonoran zones of North America. It includes an eastern or humid subdivision and a western arid one of corresponding temperature comprising the northern Great Plains and the lower slopes of the mountains of the western United States and Mexico. Called also Neutral zone.


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of Nevada) present 16 research studies on the Neogene structure and evolution of the Great Basin-Sierra Nevada transition zone, which accommodates nearly a quarter of the motion between the Pacific and North American plates and is localized along a boundary that evolved during the late Cenozoic.
The new agreement covers 850 square kilometres on the onshore RAK coastal plain and near the shore transition zone.
The new concession covers an area of 850 km2 on the onshore RAK coastal plain and near shore transition zone.
 
 
 
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