"katabatic wind" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: katabatic winds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} katabatic wind (plural katabatic winds)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Climatology, Wind Related terms: foehn, chinook, bergwind Translations (wind blowing down an incline): 下降風 (Chinese Mandarin), 下降风 (xiàjiàngfēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 下坡風 (Chinese Mandarin), 下坡风 (xiàpōfēng) (Chinese Mandarin), laskutuuli (Finnish), vent catabatique [masculine] (French), Fallwind [masculine] (German), fallvind [common-gender] (Swedish)

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