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From 30 ° latitude to the equator are found the northeast trade winds of the Northern Hemisphere and the south- east trade winds of the Southern Hemisphere . Both blow quite steadily and meet to form the International Convergence Zone ...
From 30 ° latitude to the equator are found the northeast trade winds of the Northern Hemisphere and the south- east trade winds of the Southern Hemisphere . Both blow quite steadily and meet to form the International Convergence Zone ...
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from the east get their power from the polar easterlies . There are converging current patterns in the western portions of the oceans , off the east coasts of continents . The equatorial currents from low latitudes move poleward as warm ...
from the east get their power from the polar easterlies . There are converging current patterns in the western portions of the oceans , off the east coasts of continents . The equatorial currents from low latitudes move poleward as warm ...
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Since the 12th century , the compass rose has been subdivided by re- peated bisection into compass points named in the order : north , north by east , north - northeast , northeast by north , northeast , northeast by east , east ...
Since the 12th century , the compass rose has been subdivided by re- peated bisection into compass points named in the order : north , north by east , north - northeast , northeast by north , northeast , northeast by east , east ...
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| Title | The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7 The Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Incorporated, ISBN 0717201317, 9780717201310 |
| Contributor | Grolier Incorporated |
| Publisher | Grolier Incorporated, 1999 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 25 May 2011 |
| ISBN | 0717201317, 9780717201310 |
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