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6. Winds related to regional and local air movements: Monsoons and Föhn
6.1 Monsoons
The origin of the word monsoon is the Arabic word mawsin, which means season.
Monsoons
Indian Monsoons
6.2 Föhn & Chinook winds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foehn_wind
Chinook Winds
Time-lapse video of a Föhn wave
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