high latitude
Near the poles
High latitude refers to regions near the Earth's poles, roughly above 60 degrees north or south.
These areas experience extreme seasonal variations in daylight, from midnight sun in summer to polar night in winter.
High-latitude ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to climate change.
The term contrasts with low latitude (tropical) and mid-latitude (temperate) zones.
- polar vortexPersistent circulating cold air mass
- cold snapBrief period of bitter chill
- polar bearLarge white arctic mammal
- polar regionArea near geographic extremes
- Antarctic CircleSouthern polar latitude boundary
Northern Lights · aurora australis · penguin · ice cap · ice shelf · sea ice · expedition · permafrost · frozen tundra · subzero temperatures · glaciation · indigenous knowledge · dog sled · sled dogs · research station · walrus · survival gear · snow blindness
- Latitudesequator, Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, North Pole, South Pole
- ArcticArctic Circle, Arctic Ocean, Arctic wildlife, Arctic exploration, Arctic research
- Arctic Phenomenaaurora borealis, Northern Lights, northern lights, polar night, midnight sun
high latitudeequatorial
Of Earth's central line
tropical · equator · equatorial region · subtropical · tropics
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