ICSE Class 9 Answered
Mention five main characteristics of the Westerlies.
Asked by Topperlearning User | 13 May, 2015, 01:51: PM
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The main characteristics of the Westerlies are:
- They blow from Sub Tropical High Pressure Belts to the Sub Polar Low Pressure Belts between 300 to 600N of the Equator in the temperate latitudes.
- Due to the Coriolis effect, they deflect to their right to become the South Westerlies in the Northern Hemisphere and deflect to their left to become North Westerlies in the Southern Hemisphere.
- They are strong winds that are dominated by the movements of cyclones and anti cyclones.
- They are responsible for carrying warm equatorial waters and winds to the western coasts of the temperate lands.
- Due to the shifting of the wind systems, not all the places located on the western coast of the temperate lands receive rainfall through out the year.
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