Describe the main features of planetary winds.

  • Planetary winds are also known as global winds
  • They blow across the entire planet
  • They generally blow at the same speed and in the same direction
  • Each hemisphere has 3 kinds of wind belts that divides up the planetary winds namely, Trade winds, westerlies and Easterlies

  • The above diagram shows the latitudes of planetary winds

 

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