Tropics

Tropics (from other Greek. Τροπικός (κύκλος)-a turning circle)-climatic zones of the Earth. In a strictly geographical sense, they are located between the tropic of Capricorn or the southern tropic and the tropic of cancer or the northern tropic - the main parallels located on 23 ° 36 ′ 22 ″ south and north of the equator and determining the greatest breadth, on which the sun at noon can rise to zenith (on the day of the summer solstice).

The tropical regions are characterized by a hot climate.