katabatic wind

English

Noun

katabatic wind (plural katabatic winds)

A drainage wind / fall wind: a wind, such as the bora or Böhmwind, which moves high density air from a higher elevation down an incline, due to the force of gravity.

Translations

wind blowing down an incline

Chinese:
Mandarin: 下降風, 下降风 (xiàjiàngfēng), 下坡風, 下坡风 (xiàpōfēng)

Finnish: laskutuuli
German: Fallwind (de) m

See also

foehn, chinook, bergwind

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