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Q.

Which one of the following is not the example of planetary winds?

Explanation:

ANS. (D) 
“Chinook”, originally meant a warming wind from the ocean into the interior regions of the Pacific Northwest (the Chinook people lived near the ocean, along the lower Columbia River). A strong Chinook can make snow one foot-deep almost vanish in one day. The snow partly melts and partly evaporates in the dry wind. Chinook winds have been observed to raise winter temperature, often from below-20°C (-4°F) to as high as 10-20°C (50-68°F) for a few 

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