German: Nord-SuedausbreitungEnglish translation: longitudinal range 
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Social Sciences - Geography | | German term or phrase: Nord-Suedausbreitung | Hello all,
This is a geography text:
"Aufgrund seiner Nord- Südausbreitung hat Japan verschiedene Klimazonen." I'm having a mental block - how would you express the Nord-Suedausbreitung in English? I can't even think of a workaround at the moment!
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| | Clarification request(s) and responseTeresa Reinhardt: 7:08pm Mar 30, 2006: The german is a little strange, -erstreckung would be more appropriate since this is about length, not width. I think the words 'long/length' need to be included since they are making a point her: lots of zones (if Japan were turned 90 degrees (-ausbreit
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Teresa Reinhardt: 7:09pm Mar 30, 2006: ung), it might have only one zone.) -
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| Note from asker to answererThanks very much everyone - I went with "longitudinal range".
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