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What are the prevailing surface winds at about 15 degrees north and south latitudes called?
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The prevailing surface winds at about 15 degrees north and south latitudes are called the trade winds. In the northern hemisphere, they blow from the northeast, while in the Southern Hemisphere, they blow from the southeast. These steady winds are caused by the Earth's rotation and pressure differences between equatorial regions and higher latitudes.
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What are prevailing wind?
Prevailing winds include the Trade winds (in the subtropics), Westerlies (in the mid-latitudes), and Polar Easterlies poleward of there. They are called prevailing winds because they tend to usually blow in roughly the same direction. The reason for this has to do with where the somewhat permanent areas of high and low pressure are with respect to latitude, resulting in a flow of air that gets deflected by the Coriolis Effect and moves the wind in the direction mentioned.
What is the prevailing winds that blow from east to west between 60degrees and 90 degrees latitude in both hemispheres called?
Westerlies
What are the Three general regions of latitude?
Three climate regions based on latitude are low latitude, medium latitude, and high latitude. Low latitude is the hottest area in the earth. It is called the low latitudes because it is near the Equator which is 0 degrees. It only gets as high as 23.5 degrees north or south. It is sometimes referred to as the earth's band. It is in between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. It is hot all year. Medium latitudes are the in between regions of the world. It is called the middle latitudes because it is in between the high and low latitudes and has middle latitude degrees. They have four seasons and have both hot and cold weather. They range from the Tropic of Cancer to the North Pole and the Tropic of Capricorn to the South Pole. It is called the high latitudes because it has the highest latitudes of up to 90 degrees north or south The high latitudes range from The North Pole and up to the South Pole and lower.
What is parallel of latitudes?
It is a set of imaginary lines on the surface of the Earth which parallel to the equator. They go from 90 degrees N, at the North Pole, to 0 degrees at the equator, to 90 deg S at the South Pole.
The winds that blow from the pole to 60 degrees latitude in both hemisphere are called?
The winds that blow between the poles and 60° latitudes in both hemispheres and curve West are called what
What are the prevailing winds of the latitudes called?
The prevailing winds are different in different latitudes. In the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere, the prevailing winds are west to east. In the mid-latitudes of the southern hemisphere, the prevailing winds are from east to west.
Wind that blows from west to east?
When wind blows from the west to the east it is referred to as the westerly's and in the mid-global latitudes of between 35 and 65 degrees they are called prevailing westerly's or prevailing winds.
Surface between warm and cold air at about 60 degrees latitude?
The westerlies (winds from the west) which blow in the middle latitudes between 30 degrees and 60 degrees north and south of the equator. Also called the Polar Front
What is horse latitude?
Horse latitudes are between 30 and 35 degrees north and south. The horse latitudes are also known as the sub tropical latitudes. The pressure in the horse latitudes is called the subtropical high.
Doldrums are characterized by what?
The high solar intensity at equatorial latitudes causes intense heating at the equator, which produces powerful convection currents called Prevailing Winds. The Doldrums are where the prevailing winds at the Equator die.
What are prevailing wind?
Prevailing winds include the Trade winds (in the subtropics), Westerlies (in the mid-latitudes), and Polar Easterlies poleward of there. They are called prevailing winds because they tend to usually blow in roughly the same direction. The reason for this has to do with where the somewhat permanent areas of high and low pressure are with respect to latitude, resulting in a flow of air that gets deflected by the Coriolis Effect and moves the wind in the direction mentioned.
Are the latitudes north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle called high middle or low latitude regions?
"High" latitudes. The equator has a latitude of zero. The area between the Tropic of Cancer (at 23.5 degrees north) and the Tropic of Capricorn (at 23.5 degrees south) are the "tropics" or low latitudes. The "polar regions" are above the Arctic Circle or below the Antarctic Circle, where the latitudes are higher than 66.5 degrees (north or south) are "high". The areas between the tropics and the arctic/antarctic are called "mid-latitudes or "temperate zones".
Regions on the equator where surface winds are very calm are called what?
This area is called the Doldrums. Horse Latitudes are farther north.
What is the prevailing winds that blow from east to west between 60degrees and 90 degrees latitude in both hemispheres called?
Westerlies
What is the line that makes an 90 degrees with a surface is called what?
It is called a right angle.
What are the Three general regions of latitude?
Three climate regions based on latitude are low latitude, medium latitude, and high latitude. Low latitude is the hottest area in the earth. It is called the low latitudes because it is near the Equator which is 0 degrees. It only gets as high as 23.5 degrees north or south. It is sometimes referred to as the earth's band. It is in between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. It is hot all year. Medium latitudes are the in between regions of the world. It is called the middle latitudes because it is in between the high and low latitudes and has middle latitude degrees. They have four seasons and have both hot and cold weather. They range from the Tropic of Cancer to the North Pole and the Tropic of Capricorn to the South Pole. It is called the high latitudes because it has the highest latitudes of up to 90 degrees north or south The high latitudes range from The North Pole and up to the South Pole and lower.
What are the latitudes north of the Arctic Circle called?
High latitudes
