The route by which he probably reached these intertropical lands, where he may be regarded as practically indigenous, has been indicated in Ethnology, Chs.
Geographically the Republic of Guatemala is the heart of intertropical America.
It should be observed that the northern species and forms found in the southern parts of the southern hemisphere, and on the mountain-ranges of the intertropical regions, are not arctic, but belong to the northern temperate zones.
In Mexico, as in all intertropical countries, evening is the pleasantest part of the day: at that time the inhabitants are all in the open air.
As the opening of the Kirkdale cavern is only about four feet each way, a diluvial wave, charged with the wreck of the lower latitudes, could scarce have washed into such an orifice any considerable number of the intertropical animals.
The plants of the temperate region in our hemisphere could not reach these countries by reason of the distance, and those of the intertropical zone were excluded by great drought or by the absence of a high temperature.
The low land which comes down to the beach of coral-sand, is covered by the most beautiful productions of the intertropical regions.
Epithet after epithet was found too weak to convey to those who have not visited the intertropical regions, the sensation of delight which the mind experiences.
When I say that the scenery of parts of Europe is probably superior to anything which we beheld, I except, as a class by itself, that of the intertropical zones.
In such a loose, dry, stony soil, the climate of the intertropical regions alone could produce a vigorous vegetation.
Humboldt has remarked that in intertropical South America, all lizards which inhabit dry regions are esteemed delicacies for the table.
I can only compare these great aquatic forests of the southern hemisphere with the terrestrial ones in the intertropical regions.
The contrast of palm trees, growing amidst the common branching kinds, never fails to give the scene an intertropical character.
Hot winds, resembling the sirocco of Sicily and Italy, prevail in New South Wales, and are supposed to derive their heat from tracts of unknown deserts in the intertropical regions of that island-continent.
Australia agrees with parts of Africa, South America, and Polynesia, in being partially intertropical and wholly south of the equator--no part of continental Asia or Europe coming under these conditions.
They are intertropical American aborigines, who have become partially European, without becoming Spanish.
With a skin which is olive-coloured rather than red, they have small limbs and undersized frames; whilst their habits are, mutatis mutandis, those of the intertropical African.
The Hill Coolies, individuals of the Khond and Kuli class, upon whom England is trying the experiment of what may end in a revival of the old crimping system, as a substitute for slave-labour in our intertropical colonies.
Containing a list and description of the subjects of natural history collected during Captain King's survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia.
Among the hundreds of species of this very lovely tribe that swarm in the intertropical regions of South America, I will select one more for its surpassing beauty.
I can only compare these great aquatic forests of the southern hemisphere, with the terrestrial ones in the intertropical regions.
Captain King ("Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia," ii.
Here we have the reason why, in the intertropical torrid zone, where the temperature scarcely varies above two or three degrees in the whole year, the invariable curve is not found more than forty centimetres beneath the surface.
As to season, the simplest case is that of the intertropical climates; and Africa offers the plainest instance among the [p041] whole.
The guinea-worm possesses a comparatively limited geographical range, for not only is it proper to the tropical regions, but within intertropical limits it is almost exclusively confined to certain districts in Asia and Africa.
A similar result arises when we compare the three great intertropical regions, as well as the extreme spaces of the three great continents, which advance into the temperate climates of the southern hemisphere.
In like manner, theintertropical vegetation of Asia, Africa, and America, are specifically different, though generally similar.
The madrepores abound in all intertropical seas, taking a considerable part in the constitution of the reefs which form the coral and madreporic islands so conspicuous in the ocean.
In such a loose, dry, stony soil, the climate of the intertropical regions alone could produce so vigorous a vegetation.
Epithet after epithet was found too weak to convey to those who have not visited the intertropical regions the sensation of delight which the mind experiences.
The low land which comes down to the beach of coral-sand is covered by the most beautiful productions of the intertropical regions.
Humboldt has remarked that in intertropical South America all lizards which inhabit dry regions are esteemed delicacies for the table.
We shot several intertropical birds feeding in the latter, and sucking the honey from their flowers.
Of these, about 150 belong to the New World, mostly to the intertropical portion, though Parrots are found as far north as the U.
The Spoonbills and Ibises constitute a homogeneous family of Herodiones, which have a wide distribution over the earth's surface, although mostly prevalent within intertropical limits.
With a skin which is olive-colored rather than red, they have small limbs and undersized frames; whilst their habits are, mutatis mutandis, those of the intertropical African.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "intertropical" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
