Why Half of the Australian Outback is Technically Tropical

Опубликовано: 14 Июль 2026
на канале: Julian O'Shea
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There are five major ‘imaginary lines’ that run across the globe and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Australian desert is one of them. This means that even though it’s a hot, dry, red desert - a significant portion of the outback in technically tropical. Here’s how it works.

Correction: ‘Mojave’ isn’t in the tropics - it should have been the ’Sonoran Desert’.