The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier Incorporated, 1999 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries A thirty-volume encyclopedia covering important world events while providing major new treatments of selected topics in various academic fields. |
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... latitudes as surface winds . These winds , called the polar easterlies , extend to about 60 ° latitude in both hemispheres . Winds at Middle Latitudes . To complete the circulation cycles , it would seem that the air from 60 ° latitude ...
... latitudes as surface winds . These winds , called the polar easterlies , extend to about 60 ° latitude in both hemispheres . Winds at Middle Latitudes . To complete the circulation cycles , it would seem that the air from 60 ° latitude ...
Page 76
... latitude than to 60 ° latitude , because of the greater supply of moisture in mid- dle latitudes than in high latitudes and because of the frequent strong frontal lifting that occurs in middle latitudes . In each hemisphere there are ...
... latitude than to 60 ° latitude , because of the greater supply of moisture in mid- dle latitudes than in high latitudes and because of the frequent strong frontal lifting that occurs in middle latitudes . In each hemisphere there are ...
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... latitudes these large currents meet the smaller high - latitude currents , such as the Labrador Current , that are ... latitudes , with their prevailing westerly winds , the oceanic influences are felt primarily on the western ...
... latitudes these large currents meet the smaller high - latitude currents , such as the Labrador Current , that are ... latitudes , with their prevailing westerly winds , the oceanic influences are felt primarily on the western ...
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