Alphabetical

tropopause

[noun]

The boundary between the stratosphere and the troposphere in Earth’s atmosphere, where atmospheric temperature stops decreasing with increasing altitude. The tropopause is located at the highest altitude of 16-18 km near the tropics and decreases to an altitude of 7-9 km near the poles.


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