equatorward
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of equatorward
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There, equatorward winds cause near-surface water to move away from the coast.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2024
The moisture would be precipitated on the equatorward slopes of the subtropical mountain ranges.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington
Hence the air which now is carried obliquely equatorward by those winds would be carried spirally northward into the cyclonic lows.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington
Such mountains suggest a thrust in a north and south direction which is just what would happen if the solid mass of the earth were creeping first equatorward and then poleward.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington
The winter rains which migrate equatorward are separated by the Sahara from the equatorial rains which migrate poleward.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
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