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Orographic Wind
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| Category: | Weather | 
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| Tag(s) | Weather Phenomena |
Definition
Wind flow caused, affected, or influenced by mountains.
Effects
Orographic effects include both dynamic, in which mountains disturb or distort an existing approach flow, and thermodynamic, in which heating or cooling of mountain-slope surfaces generates flow.
Orographic winds may give rise to the Föhn Effect