What are global winds and how do they form?

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Phia
Oct 29, 2015

Large air masses that are created mainly as a result of Earth’s rotation/ Huge wind systems that blow in one direction.

Explanation:

They are named by the direction they are coming from.

The different winds are marked on the 0, 30, 60, and 90 degree mark lines, starting with the trade winds , then westerlies and polar easterlies and up in the Northern Hemisphere and the trade winds and below in the Southern Hemisphere .

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What are global winds?

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