Tropics

thumb|150px|right|The equator (yellow line) at the December solstice. The direction of the Sun is to the left. thumb|upright=1.35|Countries and territories that are intersected by the equator (red) or the IERS Reference Meridian|Prime Meridian (blue), which intersect at "[[Null Island".]] The equator is the circle of latitude that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It is an imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude, about in circumference, halfway between the North and South Poles. The term can also be used for any other celestial body that is roughly spherical.

thumb|upright=1.5|World map with the intertropical zone highlighted in crimson thumb|upright=1.5|Areas of the world with [[tropical climates.

line of northernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead

line of southernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead

type of tropical climate in which there is no dry season

one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms

climate subtype in the Köppen climate classification system

climate subtype

genus of birds

Nnewi () is a commercial and industrial city in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria. It is the second largest city in Anambra state after Onitsha. Nnewi as a metropolitan area has two local government area, which are Nnewi North and Nnewi South, all centred around the Nnewi town. Even Ekwusigo local government area is now part of Nnewi urban area, as urbanization continues to spread from Nnewi to neighbouring communities . The Nnewi town which is the only town in Nnewi North, comprises four villages: Otolo, Uruagu, Umudim, and Nnewichi. Nnewi had been the centre of economics and commerce, bein

Participation of athletes from tropical nations in the Winter Olympic Games

A pantropical ("all tropics") distribution is one which covers tropical regions of both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Examples include caecilians, modern sirenians and the plant genera Acacia and Bacopa.

study of the relationships between the biotic and abiotic components of the tropics