Although amaranth was cultivated on a large scale in ancient Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru, nowadays it is only cultivated on a small scale there, along with India, China, Nepal, and other tropical countries ; thus, there is potential for further cultivation in those countries, as well as in the U. S. In a 1977 article in Science, amaranth was described as " the crop of the future.

The more humid regions have a richer vegetation ; dense forest where the rainfall is greatest and variations of temperature least, conditions found chiefly on the tropical coasts, and in the west African equatorial basin with its extension towards the upper Nile ; and savanna interspersed with trees on the greater part of the plateaus, passing as the desert regions are approached into a scrub vegetation consisting of thorny acacias, etc.

The intense vomiting and occasional diarrhea it induces can clear the body of worms and other tropical parasites, and harmala alkaloids themselves have been shown to be anthelmintic Thus, this action is twofold ; a direct action on the parasites by these harmala alkaloids ( particularly harmine in ayahuasca ) works to kill the parasites, and parasites are expelled through the increased intestinal motility that is caused by these alkaloids.

* 1991 – A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola ; the first to be documented by satellites.

The Bailey system, based on climate, is divided into seven domains ( polar, humid temperate, dry, humid, and humid tropical ), with further divisions based on other climate characteristics ( subarctic, warm temperate, hot temperate, and subtropical ; marine and continental ; lowland and mountain ).

* In an area frequented by tropical storms, the number of disappearances that did occur were, for the most part, neither disproportionate, unlikely, nor mysterious ;

The ocean near Cape Verde is an area of tropical cyclone formation ; since these storms have the whole Atlantic over which to develop as they move westward, they are among the most intense hurricanes, and are called Cape Verde-type hurricanes.

The most commonly used form of the Köppen classification has five primary types labeled A through E. These primary types are A, tropical ; B, dry ; C, mild mid-latitude ; D, cold mid-latitude ; and E, polar.

Chagas disease (;,,,, mal de Chagas in both languages ; also called American trypanosomiasis ) is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi.

straddles Equator ; very narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River and is the only outlet to South Atlantic Ocean ; dense tropical rainforest in central river basin and eastern highlands

Finally, even during climatic extremes, some parts of the continent always remain relatively exempt: for example, the tropical north stays fairly warm and wet in all climatic circumstances ; alpine valleys are less affected by drought, and so on.

tropical ; rainy season ( May to October ); dry season ( November to April ); tropical on coast ; temperate in uplands

In tropical and other climates typified by hot days and cool nights, the high thermal mass of adobe levels out the heat transfer through the wall to the living space.

The climate varies with terrain, from tropical along the coast to semiarid and hot in the north.

The climate is marine tropical, with two seasons: hot and humid from November to April, the result of the northeastern monsoon, and a cooler, drier season the rest of the year.

Tarcisio Bertone | Cardinal Bertone in dress for hot tropical countries ( white cassock with scarlet piping and buttons )

Being situated so close to the equator and the warm Indian ocean, the city experiences generally tropical climatic conditions, typified by hot and humid weather throughout much of the year.

rendering them unbearably hot in tropical regions.

Biomes include tropical rainforest, temperate broadleaf and mixed forest, temperate deciduous forest, taiga, tundra, hot desert, and polar desert.

The climate from June to September is marked by hot, wet weather brought by tropical airflows from the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia.

The Komodo dragon prefers hot and dry places, and typically lives in dry open grassland, savanna, and tropical forest at low elevations.

Laos has a tropical monsoon climate, with a pronounced rainy season from May through October, a cool dry season from November through February, and a hot dry season in March and April.

The single Dry season experienced in this climate, the tropical savanna climate in central Nigeria beginning from December to march, is hot and dry with the Harmattan wind, a continental tropical ( CT ) airmass laden with dust from the Sahara Desert prevailing throughout this period.

Nigeria's location in the tropics has giving her a tropical hot climate.

But afternoons in the rainy season can be hot and humid, a feature of tropical climates.

tropical maritime ; hot, humid, cloudy ; prolonged rainy season ( May to January ), short dry season ( January to May

The reason is probably since Lima is located where the Humboldt current prevails, yet there are tropical sun rays above the clouds that create fog and since there is no passage of hot clouds from the Amazon to the coast, the climate is cooler that similar tropical latitudes.

At sea level, the climate is tropical — hot and humid with average yearly temperatures of about and little daily variation.

Sri Lanka's climate can be described as tropical, and quite hot.

The climate of the island is tropical, hot and humid with lush tropical rain forest originally dominating the landscape.

Drawbacks may be that the high heat of compression of helium results in the compressor overheating ( especially in tropical climates ) and that the hot trimix entering the analyzer on the high pressure side can affect the reliability of the analysis.

In the tropical zone — below — temperatures are hot, with yearly averages ranging between.

It has a tropical, humid climate, with temperatures moderated by trade winds.

The climate in Brunei is tropical equatorial and humid subtropical at higher altitudes with heavy rainfall.

* Brunei-Muara District and Bandar Seri Begawan are humid tropical on the coastal and lower altitude north and Humid subtropical in central Brunei-Muara District.

* Temburong District is humid subtropical on the higher altitude south and humid tropical on the coastal and lower altitude north.

* 01 Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ( tropical and subtropical, humid )

The climate of Côte d ' Ivoire is generally warm and humid, ranging from equatorial in the southern coasts to tropical in the middle and semiarid in the far north.

The five primary classifications can be further divided into secondary classifications such as rain forest, monsoon, tropical savanna, humid subtropical, humid continental, oceanic climate, Mediterranean climate, steppe, subarctic climate, tundra, polar ice cap, and desert.

The climate of Hispaniola is generally humid and tropical.

Regional climatic variations range from humid continental in the northern island of Hokkaido extending down through Northern Japan to the Central Highland, then blending with and eventually changing to a humid subtropical climate on the Pacific Coast and ultimately bordering very closely with a tropical climate on the Ryukyu Islands.

St. Lucia has a tropical, humid climate moderated by northeast trade winds that allow for pleasant year-round conditions.