Zone (from Greek ????) was originally a belt worn by ancient Greek men and women, later extending by analogy to the idea of dividing the earth into latitudinal belts or climes. It now may be a general region or domain in many contexts. In geography: · One of five geographical zones of the earth: · The torrid zone · The north and south temperate zones · The north and south frigid zones · Hardiness zone, in gardening and other agriculture a geographically-defined zone in which a specific category of plant life is capable of growing · "The zone" (die (Ost)Zone in German), a derogatory term for the German Democratic Republic · Zone , a town and comune in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy · Zone of alienation, the exclusion zone around the site of the Chernobyl disaster · Zones , a method of planning civil/agricultu

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