temperate
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Temperate rainforests once covered around 20% of the UK, but today it covers less than 1%.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Temperate latitudes would have to serve as cropland rather than pastures.
From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2023
Temperate waters from Alaska to California make diving challenging — the cold water provides more nutrients, which leads to more plankton and algae, but decreases the visibility underwater.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2023
Temperate Sil, who did not have those credentials, scratched before racing that day, proving the theory.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2022
It is divided into two unequal parts by the Tropic of Capricorn, and consequently belongs partly to the South Temperate, partly to the Torrid Zone.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
Vocabulary lists containing temperate
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