horse latitudes
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A latitude of 25 deg to 35 degree of both hemispheres is called horse latitude.
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Vinony's link graph records 698 inbound references to horse latitudes, and connects out to El Niño southern oscillation, Intertropical Convergence Zone and supercell.
It sits within the topics Age of Sail, Anticyclones and Circles of latitude.
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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A diagram showing the relative positions of the horse latitudes
The horse latitudes are the latitudes about 30 degrees north and south of the equator. They are characterized by sunny skies, calm winds, and very little precipitation. They are also known as subtropical ridges or highs. It is a high-pressure area at the divergence of trade winds and the westerlies.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “horse latitudes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.