GEOG 345 Lecture 16: Lecture 16 Notes
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Tropicality and "intemperate nature" - colonizing "productions of nature" Constructing the tropics --> science as a cultural practice. Climatic zones: zones could be classified as according to their climates, e. g. "the tropics" "the tropics": defined as cancer (latitude) or capricon (longitude), at the north and south of the equator. Sub-tropics: bands to the north and south of the tropics. -> the way that tropics are currently defined is through drawing lines on the maps, but this always have consequences (similar to the consequences of drawing maps) Humid and sub-humid tropics --> these tropics are defined by growing periods. Soil tropics --> tropics based on the soil types/orders. World map of k ppen-geiger climate classification --> used as a form of classification for vegetation. This system essentially takes vegetation and considers it as the best index for climate. Global climate zones is derived from the average of the measurements (including annual monthly temperatures, precipitation and seasonality)
