the Torrid Zone《地学》〔赤道を中心にして北回帰線(the Tropic of Cancer)と南回帰線(the tropic of Capricorn)の間の、雨期と乾期のある地帯。◆the torrid zone とも表記。◆【参考】the Frigid Zone ; the Temperate Zone〕
The tropical rainforests, located in a narrow region near the equator, are disappearing so fast that by the year 2000 eighty percent of them may be gone.