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Climate Zones
Tropics

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The tropical (torrid) climate zone is centered around the equator and limited by the Tropic of Cancer (23,5° N) in the northern hemisphere and by the Tropic of Capricorn (23,5° S) in the southern hemisphere. The angle of the plane of the sun´s apparent path varies between 90 and 66,5 degrees and the angle of the sun´s rays (Solar Altitude) between 90 und 43 degrees. Day length varies between +/- 0 to +/- 1,5 h from 12 h at the Equinox and average temperatures are between 26 and 22 degrees Celsius.
 
Tropics
 
In Brazil the humid Amazon Rainforest and part of the Atlantic Rainforest (north of São Paulo), the semi - dry Cerrado Savanna and the dry Caatinga Desert are biomes that belong to this climate zone.
 

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