latitude
The Earth can be sub-divided into latitudinal belts of similar climate.
This latitudinal band of reduced precipitation will widen as the Earth continues to warm.
Many recent studies have examined latitudinal variation in animal species richness.

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latitudinal | American Dictionary

latitudinal
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˌlæt̬·ɪˈtu·dən·əl/
earth science
of or relating to the distance north or south of the equator measured from 0° to 90°:
a pattern of latitudinal variation

Examples of latitudinal

latitudinal
However, it was also accompanied by large inclination changes recording latitudinal movement.
There was no latitudinal trend in leaf toughness.
In trying to explain latitudinal clines, investigators have generally considered temperature as a key environmental factor.
Latitudinal trends were established in the two sets of data, which used either a low- or a highnutrient food medium.
Therefore, there are unquestionable latitudinal gradients in the distribution of parasite assemblages of anchovies.
Tree architectures adapted to efficient light utilization: is there a basis for latitudinal gradients?
Most studies which show latitudinal clines are based on a single latitudinal transect.
The latitudinal cline that was described here correlates both with colder winters and with warmer summers.
The relative importance of these factors in regulating germination in the wild appears to depend on the latitudinal origin of the population.
The centres were initially separated into regions using two latitudinal lines.
The latitudinal effect (an increase in number with latitude) was significant only in the first data set.
A broader latitudinal range is likely to increase the probability of obtaining a significant latitudinal effect.
Therefore, the present studies were concentrated in a band along the 40th parallel, north latitude in order to reduce latitudinal variation to a minimum.
These temperatures are conservative values because they were obtained by averaging the temperatures over latitudinal bands including large amounts of ocean.
Under natural conditions there is a latitudinal gradient in the date of diapause onset.
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