tropical waters
Coral reef habitat
Tropical waters are the warm ocean regions near the equator, roughly between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
The term appears in marine biology, travel writing, and weather reports: The species is native to tropical waters, Hurricane formation requires warm tropical waters.
The phrase evokes coral reefs, clear blue seas, and abundant marine life.
- Caribbean SeaTropical Atlantic basin
- warm currentsHeated water movements
- crystal clearEntirely unambiguous, perfectly understood
- marineRelating to the sea
- coral reefsCalcium carbonate marine structures
barrier reef · Seychelles · trade winds · tourism hotspots · Maldives · ocean · Indian Ocean · turquoise · monsoons · atolls · lagoon · white sand · coconut palms · La Niña · reef sharks · mangroves · anemones · Andaman Sea
- watersoceans, seas, Red Sea, lakes, Black Sea
- aquatic zonescoastal zones, marine habitats, aquatic habitats, continental shelf, deep sea
- ocean habitatscoral reef, kelp forest, tide pools, intertidal zone, deep sea
- Indo-PacificIndian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indonesia, Australia, Philippines
- ocean temperaturepolar seas
- Gulf of GuineaBight of Benin, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
tropical waterspolar waters
Oceans near the poles
polar seas · icy waters · frozen seas · glacial waters · Antarctic waters
tropical watersArctic Ocean
Earth's northernmost body of water
Southern Ocean · Antarctic Ocean · polar regions · polar waters