Definition of temperate zone
: the area or region between the Tropic of Cancer and the arctic circle or between the Tropic of Capricorn and the antarctic circle
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But shorelines around the world—especially in developed, temperate zones—are now severely wood impoverished compared to their condition before human settlement.
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