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Noun
katabatic wind (plural katabatic winds)
- (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.
Translations
wind blowing down an incline
- Chinese:
- Finnish: laskutuuli
- French: vent catabatique m
- German: Fallwind (de) m
- Swedish: fallvind (sv) c