katabatic wind

katabatic wind
Any wind blowing down an incline; the opposite of anabatic wind. If the wind is warm, it is called a foehn; if cold, it may be a fall wind (such as the bora), or a gravity wind (such as a mountain wind).

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  • katabatic — /kat euh bat ik/, adj. Meteorol. (of a wind or air current) moving downward or down a slope. Cf. anabatic (def. 1). [1915 20; < Gk katabatikós pertaining to going down, equiv. to kata KATA + ba (s. of baínein to go; see BASIS) + tikos TIC] * * * …   Universalium

  • katabatic —   a wind flowing down valley sides and floors, usually as air cools, condenses and sinks at night …   Geography glossary

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