Tropic facts for kids

A tropic may be meaning:

In geography:

• either of two circles of latitude:
  • Tropic of Cancer, at 23° 26' 22" N
  • Tropic of Capricorn, at 23° 26' 22" S

• Tropics, referring to the tropical regions of the world.
• Tropic, Florida, a town in the United States
• Tropic, Utah, a town in the United States

In transportation:

• SS Tropic (1871)
• SS Tropic (1904)

Images for kids

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  World map with the intertropical zone highlighted in crimson

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  A graph showing the zonally averaged monthly precipitation. The tropics receive more precipitation than higher latitudes. The precipitation maximum, which follows the solar equator through the year, is under the rising branch of the Hadley circulation; the sub-tropical minima are under the descending branch and cause the desert areas.

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  Tropical sunset over the sea in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

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  Coconut palms in the warm, tropical climate of northern Brazil

See also

In Spanish: Zona intertropical para niños