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What are belts of wind called?

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belts of wind are trade winds

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What belts of wind called?

belts of wind are trade winds


What is a wind pattern?

Wind patterns are the way the winds blow. There are six major wind belts and each hemisphere is divided into three wind belts. The wind belts are polar easterlies, the westerly's, and the trade winds.


What are the narrow belts of wind that can reach 400 km high called?

jet stream


What are huge circles of moving water called caused by wind belts and the coriolis effect called?

wave pools


What are the global wind belts?

the major global wind belts are the trade winds, the polar easterlies, and the prevailing westerlies.


In what derection do the trade wind belts push currents in the tropical latitudes?

Trade wind belts push currents westward in tropical latitudes.


What are pressure belts wind?

There are many wind belts. Doldrums receive the most heat from the Sun. Trade winds extends past the doldrums 30 degrees. Horse latitudes is a wind belt that forms between 30 degrees north and south latitude.


What are the six Wind Belts?

The six global wind belts consist of three belts in the northern hemisphere and three in the southern hemisphere. Each hemisphere has Tradewinds, Prevailing Westerlies, and Polar Easterlies.


Are doldrums global wind belts?

Yes


Wind belts between 30 and 60 latitude in both the northern and southern hemospheres are called?

They're refereed to as "Jet Streams"


Two belts of wind in hemisphere?

jet streams?


What is the cause of global wind belts?

Its caused by the combination of pressure belts and the Coriolis effect.