List of Famous Local Winds of the World
Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale. It is caused by differences in air pressure within our atmosphere. They are classified by their spatial scale, their speed, the types of forces that cause them, the regions in which they occur, and their effect. The Local Winds are basically originated due to Convection from daytime heating; Unequal heating and cooling of the surface; and Gravity, including downdrafts.
List of Famous Local Winds of the World
1. Abrolhos
Region: Brazil
2. Alisio
Region: Caribbean
3. Alize
Region: Central Africa and the Caribbean
4. Alize Maritime
Region: West central Africa
5. Amihan
Region: Philippines
6. Autan
Region: Mediterranean Languedoc region
7. Barguzin wind
Region: Russia
8. Bayamo
Region: Cuba's southern coast
9. Berg
Region: South Africa
10. Bise
Region: Switzerland
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11. Brickfielder
Region: Southern Australia)
12. Bora
Region: Eastern Europe and north-eastern Italy
13. Brisote
Region: Cuba
14. Buran
Region: Eastern Asia
15. Caju
Region: Atlantic coast of Brazil
16. Calima
Region: Saharan Air Layer across the Canary Islands
17. Carpinteiro
Region: Southern Atlantic coast of Brazil
18. Cape Doctor
Region: South African coast
19. Cers
Region: Bas-Languedoc region in southern France)
20. Chinook
Region: Rocky Mountains
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21. Cierzo
Region: Ebro Valley in Spain
22. Cordonazo
Region: West coast of Mexico
23. Coromuel
Region: La Paz area of the Baja California peninsula and the Gulf of California
24. Crivaț
Region: Moldavia, Dobruja, and the Baragan Plain parts of Romania
25. Diablo
Region: San Francisco Bay
26. Elephanta
Region: Malabar Coast of India)
27. Etesian or Meltem
Region: Greece and Turkey
28. Euroclydon
Region: Mediterranean
29. Fohn or foehn
Region: Northern side of the Alps and North Italy
30. Fremantle Doctor
Region: Perth, Western Australia
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31. Garua, la garua, or garoa
Region: Lower western slopes of the Andes
32. Ghibli
Region: Libya)
33. Gilavar
Region: Absheron Peninsula of the Azerbaijan Republic
34. Gregale
Region: Greece
35. Habagat
Region: Philippines
36. Halny
Region: Northern Carpathians
37. Harmattan
Region: Central Africa
38. Helm
Region: Cumbria, England
39. Kaimai Breeze
Region: Downdrafts in the Kaimai Range
40. Kali Andhi or simply Andhi
Region: Northwestern parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain region of the Indian Subcontinent
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41. Karaburan
Region: Central Asia
42. Karakaze
Region: Gunma Prefecture in Japan
43. Khamsin
Region: Egypt
44. Kona
Region: Hawaii
45. Kosava
Region: Serbia
46. Leste
Region: Madeira and Canary Islands
47. Viento de Levante or Levanter
Region: Strait of Gibraltar
48. Leveche
Region: Coastal Mediterranean Spain
49. Libeccio
Region: Italy
50. Llevantades
Region: East coast of Spain
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51. Lodos
Region: Turkey
52. Loo
Region: Plains of India and Pakistan
53. Maestro
Region: Adriatic Sea
54. Marin
Region: Mediterranean and France
55. Meltemi or meltem Turkish
Region: Greece, Turkey, and Aegean Sea
56. Minuano
Region: Brazil
57. Mistral
Region: Central France and the Alps to Mediterranean
58. N'aschi
Region: Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf and the Makran coast
59. Nigeq
Region: Greenland
60. Norte
Region: Mexico
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61. North wind
Region: Gulf of Mexico and Isthmus of Tehuantepec
62. Nor'easter
Region: North eastern coast of the United States (particularly New England states) and the east coast of Canada (Atlantic Canada)
63. Nor'wester
Region: East Coast of New Zealand's South Island
64. Oroshi
Region: Kanto Plain)
65. Ostro
Region: Mediterranean
66. Pampero
Region: Argentina
67. Papagayo
Region: Nicaragua and Costa Rica and the Gulf of Papagayo
67. Passat
Region: Sea in Tropical areas)
68. Piteraq
Region: Greenlandic east coast
69. Poniente
Region: Gibraltar Strait
70. Puelche
Region: Western slope of the Andes in south-central Chile
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71. Rashabar or Rashaba or "black wind"
Region: Kurdistan Region of Iraq, particularly in Sulaimaniya
72. Roaring Forties
Region: Southern Hemisphere
73. Santa Ana winds
Region: Southern California
74. Santa Lucia winds
Region: Southern San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara Counties, California
75. Sarma
Region: Western shore of Lake Baikal
76. Shamal
Region: Iraq and the Persian Gulf states
77. Sharqi
Region: Middle East
78. Simoom
Region: Israel, Jordan, Syria, and the desert of Arabia
79. Sirocco
Region: North Africa to southern Europe
80. Solano
Region: Southern sector of Spain
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81. Southerly Buster
Region: Sydney, Australia
82. Southwester
Region: Spain
83. Squamish
Region: Fjords of British Columbia
84. Sudestada
Region: Uruguay's Rio de la Plata coast
85. Les Suetes
Region: Cape Breton Highlands
86. Sukhovey
Region: Steppes, semi-deserts, and deserts of the Kazakhstan and the Caspian region
87. Sundowner
Region: California coast
88. Tehuantepecer or Tehuano wind
Region: Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico and the Gulf of Tehuantepec
89. Tramontane
Region: Mediterranean Region (similar to Mistral)
90. Vendavel
Region: Strait of Gibraltar
91. Warm Braw
Region: Schouten Islands, north of New Guinea
92. Washoe Zephyr
Region: Western Nevada
93. Williwaw
Region: Strait of Magellan, the Aleutian Islands, and the coastal fjords of Southeast Alaska
94. Witch of November, or November Witch
Region: Great Lakes in autumn
95. Wreckhouse
Region: South-western Newfoundland
96. Zonda wind
Region: Eastern slope of the Andes in Argentina
In the above list of Famous Local Winds of the World will concretise the general knowledge of readers.
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