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subtropical

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sub·trop·i·cal  (sb-trp-kl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or being the geographic areas adjacent to the Tropics.

subtropical [sʌbˈtrɒpɪkəl]
adj
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) situated in, used in, characteristic of, or relating to the subtropics

subtropical  (sb-trp-kl)
Relating to the regions of the Earth bordering on the tropics, just north of the Tropic of Cancer or just south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Subtropical regions are the warmest parts of the two Temperate Zones.
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Adj.1.subtropical - of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics; "even near the equator vegetation at 5000 ft is subtropical rather than tropical"
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subtropical [ˈsʌbˈtrɒpɪkəl] ADJsubtropical

subtropical
adjsubtropisch

subtropical
adj subtropical [sabˈtropikəl]
(belonging to those areas) close to the tropical zone a subtropical climate. subtropies شِبْه إسْتِوائي субтропичен subtropický subtropisk subtropisch υποτροπικός subtropical subtroopiline كمتر از گرمسيري subtrooppinen subtropical סוּבּטרוֹפִּי suptropski szubtrópusi subtropis heittempraður subtropicale 亜熱帯の 아열대의 subtropinis subtropu-; subtropisks subtropika subtropisch subtropisk podzwrotnikowy subtropical subtropical субтропический subtropický subtropski suptropski subtropisk ซึ่งเกี่ยวกับเขตร้อน dönence altı, astropikal 亞熱帶的 субтропічний پودا جو تقریباً مدارینی ماحول میں بڑھے cận nhiệt đới


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