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6. Winds related to regional and local air movements: Monsoons and Föhn

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     http://geography.about.com/od/physicalgeography/a/monsoon.htm   6.2 Föhn & Chinook winds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foehn_wind    … Read More »

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