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English
Noun
katabatic wind (plural katabatic winds)
- (climatology) A drainage wind or a fall wind: a wind, such as the bora or Bohemian wind, which moves high density air from a higher elevation down an incline, due to the force of gravity.
Translations
wind blowing down an incline
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