Multiple choice

What are 'horse latitudes'?

  1. Latitudinal zone immediate between equator and tropics

  2. Latitudinal zone where fodder for horse is grown

  3. Subtropical high pressure belts

  4. Tropical low pressure zone
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Explanation

Horse Latitudes or Subtropical High are subtropical latitudes between 30 and 35 degrees both north and south. This region, under a ridge of high pressure called the subtropical high, is an area which receives little precipitation and has variable winds mixed with calm. The horse latitudes are associated with the subtropical anticyclone and the large-scale descent of air from high-altitude currents moving toward the poles.

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