Home > Blossary: Wind
A blossary of terms relating to wind.

Category: Geography

18 Terms

Created by: Silentchapel

Number of Blossarys: 95

My Terms
Collected Terms
English (EN)
Compare Language

The Vendevale is a westerly wind that blows into the Mediterranean Sea around the area of the Straits of Gibraltar and Morocco. This is generally associated with travelling depressions entering the ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

Sirocco, scirocco, jugo or, rarely, siroc (Catalan: Xaloc, Greek: Σορόκος) is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and reaches hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe. The ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

The Santa Ana winds are strong, extremely dry down-slope winds that originate inland and affect coastal Southern California and northern Baja California. Santa Ana winds blow mostly in autumn and ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

A Puelche wind (in Spanish, viento puelche) is a dry foehn-like eastern wind that occurs in south-central Chile. The wind owns its name from the Puelche people that inhabited the eastern slopes of ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

The Papagayo wind is a north to northeasterly wind which periodically blows through the gap in the mountain ranges of Central America in which Lake Nicaragua is located. It is named for the Gulf of ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation,[1] but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

Košava is a cold, very squally southeastern wind found in Serbia and some nearby countries. It starts in the Carpathian Mountains and follows the Danube northwest through the Iron Gate region where ...

Domain: Weather; Category: Wind

Member comments


( You can type up to 200 characters )

Post  
My other Blossarys

A Blossary on mergers and acquisitions by Apple.

Category: Technology

By: Silentchapel

A blosssary of mergers and acquisitions by ...

Category: Business

By: Silentchapel

A blossary of mergers and acquisitions by Google.

Category: Business

By: Silentchapel

A blossary of Disney characters.

Category: Arts

By: Silentchapel