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Temperate regions receive more sunshine than tropical regions. Whether the given statement is true or not?

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The tropical regions receive plenty of sunshine as compared to temperate region because the Sun's rays fall directly over the region where as in the temperate regions the Sun's rays are slanted.So the given statement is true in all respect.

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