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What is the most likely direction of the prevailing winds across the big islands of Hawaii?
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northeast
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What is the most likely direction of the prevailing winds across the big island of Hawaii?
northeast
What factors are responsible for the general direction in which low-pressure centers move across the contiguous US?
coriolis effect and prevailing westerlies
What is wind that wind blows most frequently across a wind belt?
A prevailing wind is one that commonly blows from one direction.
What are prevaling winds?
Prevailing Winds- Are winds that 'normally' blow in the same direction over large areas of Earth. For instance the prevailing winds across the Island forming the United Kingdom would be south westerlies.
How wide is Maui Hawaii?
This may surprise you- the distance across the 9 main islands is only about 385 miles, but Hawaii covers about 1,500 miles in length. This is due to the numerous small, uninhabited MINOR islands that are part of the state.
What American state consists solely of an archipelago?
Hawaii. It is a chain of islands stretching across the tropical northern Pacific Ocean.
How many islands is Kiribati made up of?
The State of Hawaii is composed of 132 islands, reefs and shoals that extend for over 1500 miles across the central North Pacific Ocean from the "Big Island" of Hawaii to Midway and Kure Atolls.
Why are the eastern sides of the Hawaiian islands wetter than the western sides?
The prevailing winds in Hawaii are from the east. Winds arriving from that direction have accumulated a large burden of water as they blow across the open ocean. As they reach the islands the air hits the mountains and must rise. That causes the temperature to fall and water to condense out as rain. By the time the same air reaches the western sides of the islands it has lost much of that water, and has dropped down from the mountains, becoming warmer and thus reducing its relative humidity. As a result the east gets much more rain than the western side.
How many Representatives are from Hawaii?
Hawaii in entitled to two Members of the US House of Representatives.
How many islands are there in Polynesia?
There are over 1,000 islands in Polynesia, spread across the central and southern Pacific Ocean. Some of the well-known islands in Polynesia include Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, and Tahiti.
How many islands make up Polynesia?
Polynesia is made up of over 1,000 islands scattered across the central and southern Pacific Ocean. It includes well-known islands such as Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, and New Zealand.
The prevailing westerlies blow across what ocean?
Africa
