Labels: text | screenshot | font | number OCR: TROPICAL The area of the world that lies between the Tropic of Cancer, north of the equator, and the Tropic of Capricorn, south of the equator, is known as tropical. The tropical climate is hot and wet, and the typical vegetation is rain forest. The term tropical is sometimes applied to other areas that are frost-free and that support year-round plant growth, such as Florida, in the United States.