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Q: Why are the horse latitudes called dead air?
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Does warm air sink at the horse latitudes?

Hot air on the equator divides equally and flows up to 30 Deg. North and South before it sinks in the region called horse latitudes.


Why are deserts located at the horse latitudes?

The cold, dry air at the horse latitudes does not bring much water to the continents.


Does air that flows northward from the horse latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere produces the easerlies?

No, the easterlies are in the Tropics to the south of the Horse Latitudes. Air tends to flow south from the Subtropical High in the Horse Latitudes and gets deflected to the right by the Coriolis Force, resulting in winds blowing from the east.


What areas have winds that are weak?

There the horse latitudes and the Doldrums. The doldrums are at 0 degrees latitude (equator), where the air rises instead of having a horizontal movement (wind). The horse latitudes are at about 30 degrees N and 30 degrees S of the equator. The horse latitudes are areas where the air falls, causing very low horizontal movement, also.


Global wind that blow west to east are called?

They're called westerlies. Good luck with your paper!


What are cold air masses that form at high latitudes called?

polar air mass (meteorology), air mass that forms over land or water in the higher latitudes.


Cold air masses form at high latitudes are called?

polar air mass (meteorology), air mass that forms over land or water in the higher latitudes.


Cold air masses that form at high latitudes are called?

polar air mass (meteorology), air mass that forms over land or water in the higher latitudes.


Why dry climates often exist on the leeward side of mountain ranges adn in the horse latitudes?

because the leeward side of a mountain doesn't get any rain like on the westward side, also air drops in horse latitudes, and when air drops it causes a dry climate


What causes winds to blow?

Well, it has to do with high pressure, low pressure, horse latitudes and doldrums.


If The dry regions in the lower latitudes coincide with zones of air pressure called the what?

dis dick


Are horse latitudes low pressure regions?

Horse latitudes, which are between roughly 30-35 degrees North and South latitude, are areas typically characterized by high pressure. In what is known as the three-cell global circulation model, air rises at the equator, sinks at 30-35 N and S, rises again around 60N and 60S, and sinks at the poles. Since pressure is related to the weight of the air pushing down from above, sinking air is often associated with high pressure.