subtropical, definition of

Area on the surface of the earth between tropic and temperate regions, approximately between 40 degrees N. and S.

• Lush Sky Green towers are the first of their kind in Taichung
  Taichung, Taiwan has taken yet another step toward becoming a greener, more livable city with the recent completion of Sky Green, a sustainably minded, mixed-use development...
• How Russia Turned Subtropical Sochi into a Snow-Filled Winter Olympic Resort
  Photo via Shutterstock Amidst well-documented instances of contaminated tap water, broken doors, broken elevators and seemingly ill-placed surveillance, there's another absurdity casting a shadow over this year's Winter Olympics: Sochi is subtropical...