"intertropical convergence zone" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1985, Paul E. Lydolph, The Climate of the Earth, page 196",
          "text": "During the high-sun season the intertropical convergence zone with its thundershowery precipitation affects the areas much as it does in the Ar areas year-round; during the low-sun season the subtropical high pressure cells shift equatorward over the areas much as they occupy the subtropical desert areas on the poleward side of Aw areas year-round.",
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        "The zone near the equator where mixing occurs between the two tropical zones of the atmosphere."
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