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- Prevailing_winds abstract "Prevailing winds are winds that blow predominantly from a single general direction over a particular point on the Earth's surface. The dominant winds are the trends in direction of wind with the highest speed over a particular point on the Earth's surface. A region's prevailing and dominant winds are often affected by global patterns of movement in the Earth's atmosphere. In general, easterly flow occurs at low and medium latitudes globally. In the mid-latitudes, westerly winds are the rule and their strength is largely determined by the polar cyclone. In areas where winds tend to be light, the sea breeze/land breeze cycle is the most important to the prevailing wind; in areas which have variable terrain, mountain and valley breezes dominate the wind pattern. Highly elevated surfaces can induce a thermal low, which then augments the environmental wind flow.Wind roses are tools used to determine the direction of the prevailing wind. Knowledge of the prevailing wind allows the development of prevention strategies for wind erosion of agricultural land, such as across the Great Plains. Sand dunes can orient themselves, or perpendicular to, the prevailing wind regime within coastal and desert locations. Insects drift along with the prevailing wind, while birds are able to fly more independently of it. Prevailing winds in mountainous locations can lead to significant rainfall gradients within the topography, ranging from wet across windward-facing slopes to desert-like conditions along their lee slopes.".
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- Prevailing_winds wikiPageRevisionID "681851588".
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink 40th_parallel_south.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink 50th_parallel_south.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Adiabatic_lapse_rate.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Anabatic.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Anabatic_wind.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Andes.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Atmosphere_of_Earth.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Atmospheric_pressure.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Bernoulli_principle.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Bernoullis_principle.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Boxing_the_compass.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Cardinal_direction.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Caribbean_Sea.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Caribbean_sea.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Category:Articles_containing_video_clips.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Category:Wind.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Climate.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Cold.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Condensation.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Coriolis_effect.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Desert.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Dune.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Earth.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Earths_atmosphere.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink East.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Easterlies.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Eddies.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Eddy_(fluid_dynamics).
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Equator.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Erosion.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Great_Basin.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Great_Plains.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Heat_capacity.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink High-pressure_area.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink High_pressure_area.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Horse_latitudes.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Katabatic_wind.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Landform.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Lapse_rate.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Latitude.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Lee_wave.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Lee_waves.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Leeward.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Meteorologist.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Meteorology.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Middle_latitudes.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Mojave_Desert.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Mountain_breeze_and_valley_breeze.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Mountain_pass.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink North_Pole.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink North_pole.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Northern_Hemisphere.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Ocean.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Orographic.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Orographic_lift.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Orography.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Pacific_Ocean.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Points_of_the_compass.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Polar_coordinate_system.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Polar_cyclone.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Polar_easterlies.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Polar_high.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Polar_vortex.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Precipitation.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Precipitation_(meteorology).
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Rain_shadow.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Roaring_Forties.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Sand_dune.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Sea_breeze.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Sea_level_pressure.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.).
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Soil_erosion.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink South_Pole.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink South_pole.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Southern_Hemisphere.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Specific_heat.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Steering_flow.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Subsidence_(atmosphere).
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Subtropical_ridge.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Sun.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Thermal_low.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Topography.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Trade_wind.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Trade_winds.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Tropical_cyclone.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Tropical_cyclones.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Tropics.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Updraft.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Vertical_draft.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Weather_radar.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink West.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Westerlies.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Wind_rose.
- Prevailing_winds wikiPageWikiLink Wind_speed.