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Discuss the pressure systems in the world.

Discuss the pressure systems in the world.

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1. Cyclone


- It’s a low pressure system characterised by low pressure at the centre and increases outwards.
- Starts in areas where air ascends from the ground to the atmosphere and descends at high altitude.
-It’s of two types. Tropical cyclones e.g. hurricane, typhoon and willy willies and depressions which are characterised by temperate latitudes.
- The movement of wind is anticlockwise in the N. hemisphere and clockwise in the S. hemisphere.

2. Anticyclone
-A high pressure system characterised by high pressure at the centre and decreases outwards


It starts in areas where air is descending from the atmosphere onto the ground and then blows outwards on the ground.
- The movement of wind is clockwise in the N. hemisphere and anticlockwise in the S. hemisphere

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marto answered the question on March 22, 2019 at 09:06

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