Global air circulation

Climate region found in central Africa

• Mediterranean

• Humid, sub-tropical

• Tropical Rainforest

• Grassland

The cloudless area in North Africa is dominated by the . . . belt

• Equatorial high pressure

• Sub-tropical high pressure

• Equatorial low pressure

• Sub-tropical low pressure

The desert found in North Africa

• Kalahari

• Karoo

• Sahara

• Great African

The . . . passes through area central Africa

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Greenwich Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

The . . . blow from area C to area B

• westerlies

• polar easterlies

• tropical easterlies

• polar westerlies

The air mass characteristics at D:

• warm, moist air

• dry, cold air

• very hot, humid air

• cool, moist air

The . . . global air circulation cell is found along the area B.

• Ferrel

• Mid-latitude

• Polar

• Hadley

. . . rain is common in area D.

• Polar

• Convectional

• Equatorial

• Frontal

A dry warm wind found on the lee slopes of mountains

• Fohn

• Cold

• Monsoon

• south easterly

The hot dry coastal wind that originates over the escarpment of South Africa.

• Inversion

• Adiabatic

• latitude

• Ascending