North Temperate Zone

noun

the part of the earth's surface between the tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle.

The south wind blew from the sea, and that, in the north temperate zone, is the great physical requisite.

The greatest events of universal history and especially the greatest historical developments belong to the North Temperate Zone.

The North Temperate Zone is preëminently the culture zone of the earth.

The order contains about 250 species, chiefly natives of the north temperate zone and the mountains of the tropics.

In these same localities the diurnal ranges rival those of the north temperate zone.

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