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Fig 2: Heat Zones Classifications

3. Frigid Zone: This zone lies between Arctic Circle and North Pole and the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole. The sunrays in these two zones in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere fall in slanting form throughout the year. Therefore these zones experience very low temperature and high degree of coldness. Therefore, these latitudinal zones are known as Frigid Zone.