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Foehn wind
Type of dry down-slope wind occurring near mountains
Intertropical Convergence Zone
Meteorological phenomenon
Jet stream
Fast-flowing atmospheric air current
Katabatic wind
A wind that carries high-density air from a higher elevation down a slope under the force of gravity
Mistral (wind)
Strong, cold, northwesterly wind that blows from southern France into the Gulf of Lion in the northern Mediterranean
Prevailing winds
Strongest direction of wind on a region of Earth's surface
Sea Breeze
Topics referred to by the same term
Trade winds
Permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in the Earth's equatorial region
Westerlies
Prevailing winds from the west toward the east in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude
Wind (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term