Multiple choice

Which of the following is known as 'Anti-trade wind'?

  1. Chinook

  2. Cyclones

  3. Typhoons

  4. Westerlies

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Explanation

Anti-trade winds are the prevailing westerlies that blow from the subtropical high-pressure belts toward the subpolar low-pressure areas. They flow in the opposite direction to trade winds and occur between 30° and 60° latitudes in both hemispheres. Chinooks are local downslope winds, while typhoons and cyclones are tropical storm systems, not wind belts.

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