Subtropics

Subtropical zone of the earth shown in yellow.

The subtropics are a climatic region of the world. They lie bewtween the tropics and Temperate zones. The temperate zones are more towards the geographical poles, the tropics are more towards the equator. Very often, subtropics are defined through the climate: In general, the mean temperature year round is above 20 °C (68 °F), the coldest month of the year has a temperature below this mark.