equatorward
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of equatorward
Example Sentences
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There, equatorward winds cause near-surface water to move away from the coast.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2024
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
In summer, when the trades are extended polewards by the outflowing equatorward winds on the eastern side of the ocean anticyclones, mild, dry and nearly continuous fair weather prevails, with general northerly winds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
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
In winter the equatorward migration of the great pressure and wind systems brings these latitudes under the control of the westerlies, whose frequent irregular storms give a moderate winter precipitation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
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