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Definition of Subtropics
1. Noun. Regions adjacent to the tropics.
Definition of Subtropics
1. Noun. The region between the tropics and the temperate latitudes of the world. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subtropics
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subtropics
Literary usage of Subtropics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hybrid Rice Technology: New Developments and Future Prospects : Selected by Sant S. Virmani, International Rice Research Institute (1994)
"... in the tropics and subtropics SS Virmani Cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) lines
were bred at IRRI in 1988-89 ..."
2. Rice Almanac by Jay L. Maclean (2002)
"The production of food grain per hectare of arable land is about 5.7 times higher
in the subhumid subtropics (southern and southwestern China and Taiwan) ..."
3. Climate and Food Security: Papers Persented at the International Symposium by International Rice Research Institute, Indian National Science Academy, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (1989)
"Regional and commodity-specific patterns Drier regions of the tropics and subtropics.
High levels of variability occur in the drier regions of the tropics ..."
4. Progress in Irrigated Rice Research: Selected Papers and Abstracts from the by International Rice Research Institute (1989)
"The high temperatures and rainfall in the southern subtropics of China provide
... In the mid-subtropics, the time between the harvest of early rice and the ..."
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