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po·lar re·gion
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Princeton's WordNet
Frigid Zone, polar zone, polar regionnoun
the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate
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polar region
The polar regions, also called the frigid zones or polar zones, of Earth are the regions of the planet that surround its geographical poles (the North and South Poles), lying within the polar circles. These high latitudes are dominated by floating sea ice covering much of the Arctic Ocean in the north, and by the Antarctic ice sheet on the continent of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in the south.
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Polar region
Earth's polar regions are the areas of the globe surrounding the poles also known as frigid zones. The North Pole and South Pole being the centres, these regions are dominated by the polar ice caps, resting respectively on the Arctic Ocean and the continent of Antarctica. Polar sea ice is currently diminishing as a result of global warming. ⁕ The frigid zones. ⁕ Location of the polar regions. ⁕ Northern Hemisphere permafrost in purple.
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
Polar Region
That part of the surface of a magnet whence the internal magnetic lines emerge into the air. (S. P. Thompson.) As such lines may emerge from virtually all parts of its surface, the polar regions are indefinite areas, and are properly restricted to the parts whence the lines emerge in greatest quantity.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of polar region in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of polar region in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of polar region in a Sentence
Melting ice in the Arctic is reducing the temperature created between the polar region and mid latitudes and this makes the weather systems move slowly over our region, convection [ leading to storms ] now can occur over several days whereas before, without climate change, it would have occurred over several hours and moved on.
I think the international interest in exploration of the moon will fuel everybody’s interest, i cannot wait until we have Artemis astronauts in the lunar south polar region in two to three years.
Where the water is flowing is really important, what happens in the polar region has an impact on the whole of the planet.
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- región polarSpanish
- daerah kutubIndonesian
- Regione polareItalian
- துருவப் பகுதிTamil
- 极地Chinese
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