[GEOG 102] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (276 pages long!)
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Tropics: global sea surface temperatures are the warmest. Locations closer to the equator rarely experience hurricanes. El nino southern oscillation begins in the tropics, impacts the entire globe. Societies in tropics are dependent on the yearly rains/monsoons. Tropics lie between the tropic of cancer (23. 5 north) and the tropic of capricorn (23. 5 south) Sun is directly overhead (you can stand on your shadow!) Maximum solar radiation (this is why tropics are warm) 23. 5 n to 23. 5 s: the region within which the sun can be in its zenith (perpendicular) to the earth"s surface. Region across which the subsolar point travels. Climates of the tropics do not stop abruptly at the latitudinal boundaries, rather there is a gradation in climate (like all regions) 30 north to 30s: the axes of the subtropical high pressure cells. Region in which there is the absence of a true cold season. Daily range of temperature exceeds the annual range.
