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What is continental tropic?

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A continental tropical is a very hot and dry air mass produced over subtropical arid regions. A continental tropical air mass is found in the Southwest portion of the United States.

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Air mass forms in the tropic?

Continental Tropical


Are any parts of Europe or the continental unitrd states in the tropics?

No. The Tropics is the area from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn. Europe is not in this area and neither is the continental US. However, the US as a whole is in the tropics, because Hawaii lies south of the Tropic of Cancer.


Does the Tropic of Cancer pass through any counties of the southern United States?

No. Neither the Tropic of Cancer nor the Tropic of Capricorn passes through the continental United States. For the Tropic of Capricorn is found in the Southern Hemisphere. And the Tropic of Cancer is far enough south of the continental United States that it doesn't pass through any one of the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico.


Are there any parts of Europe or the continental US in the tropics?

No. The tropics is defined as the area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Since neither of these tropics pass through the continental US or Europe, then they are not a part of the tropics.


Is Washington in the tropic of cancer?

No. No point in the continental United States touches the tropic of cancer. The Tropic of Cancer is over 1,000 miles south of Washington D.C. and over 1,500 miles south of the state of Washington.


What states Do the tropic of cancer go through?

the tropic of cancer only passes through the hawaiian islands, north of the main island group. it is south of any of the continental states


How many states in the US are located above the tropic of cancer?

All of the continental US is located above the Tropic of Cancer, with the exception of the Pacific Island Hawaii, which is now part of the United States.


What evidence from warm climate zones did Wegner use to form his theory of continental drift?

Tropic plants in Greenland.


What north american countries are north of the tropic of cancer?

The continental US and Canada are both north of the Tropic of Cancer, which crosses central Mexico, and also islands in the Bahamas southeast of Florida. *In the Pacific Ocean, the tropic passes between islands in the western regions of Hawaii, the only non-continental US state. The territories of Greenland (Denmark) and St. Pierre and Miquelon (France) are also in northern North America.


What four continental African nations does the Tropic of Capricorn pass through?

The tropic of cancer passes through the African countries of Western Sahara (Moroccan territory), Mauritania, Mali, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Libya, & Egypt


Habitat of a frilled shark?

Frilled sharks live near and on continental slopes and shelves in various oceans in tropic and temperate climates.


What us states are north of the tropic of cancer?

All 49 continental US states are north of the Tropic of Cancer. Only Hawaii, in the Pacific Ocean, is mostly south of it, as it passes between two islands in the northwestern Hawaiian islands.