Equatorial region (7)
I believe the answer is:
tropics
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">equatorial region</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for tropics that I've seen before include "torrid zones" , "hot spots" , "Region either side of equator" , "Cancer, Capricorn" , "heated situations" .)