Question
Consider the following surface winds:
Which one among the following is the idealized global pattern of these winds from the Equator to the Pole?
- Doldrums
- Trade winds
- Westerlies
- Polar winds
Which one among the following is the idealized global pattern of these winds from the Equator to the Pole?
Answer: Option B
Answer: (b)
Doldrums are a low-pressure area around the equator after which come the trade wind whose expanse is from tropic of cancer to tropic of Capricorn.
They move in the North-East direction in the Northern hemisphere and North-East in the Southern hemisphere.
They are followed by westerlies that prevail in mid-latitude between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. As the name suggests polar winds are closer to the poles.
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Answer: (b)
Doldrums are a low-pressure area around the equator after which come the trade wind whose expanse is from tropic of cancer to tropic of Capricorn.
They move in the North-East direction in the Northern hemisphere and North-East in the Southern hemisphere.
They are followed by westerlies that prevail in mid-latitude between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. As the name suggests polar winds are closer to the poles.
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