High latitudes

High latitudes denote the northern third of the northern hemisphere and the southern third of the southern hemisphere on the earth

It is a differently defined term in geography :

• From a geomathematical point of view, this zone lies between the poles and polar circles (66.5 ° N / S) of the earth.
• According to climatology , the term is used synonymously for the polar regions .
• In ecology , however, the boreal coniferous forests (taiga) are also added, so that the high latitudes here include the polar / subpolar and boreal eco - zones (see also: map of eco-zones ) .

The term is transferred analogously in the first sense also used in planetology for other celestial bodies .

See also

• Ectropics (middle and northern latitudes)
• Temperate zone (middle latitudes)
• Tropics (low latitudes)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ High latitudes . In: Lexicon of Geosciences. Spektrum.de.
2. ↑ High latitudes . In Geolexikon, Das Lexikon der Erde. geodz.com.
3. ↑ Jürgen Schultz: The ecological zones of the earth. 4th edition, Ulmer UTB, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8252-1514-9 . P. 350.
4. ↑ cf. for example "Curiosity" finds water in the Martian soil. Science.ORF.at, September 27, 2013.