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Which one of the following is called North-easter? |
| A. | Cold and fast-blowing winds in northern hemisphere that move from sub-polar to polar regions |
| B. | Cold and fast-blowing winds in South Pole region |
| C. | Cold and fast-blowing winds from the polar region in northern hemisphere |
| D. | Winds blowing towards Kazakhstan in Central Asia |
| Answer» C. Cold and fast-blowing winds from the polar region in northern hemisphere | |
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Explanation: The polar easterlies are the dry, cold prevailing winds that blow from the high-pressure areas of the polar highs at the north and south poles towards low-pressure areas within the Westerlies at high latitudes. Cold air subsides at the pole creating the high pressure, forcing an equator ward out flow of air: that outflow is then deflected westward by the Coriolis Effect. |
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