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What do you call the area near the equator where there is no wind?
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The doldrums.
Aug 06 2003, 5:51 PM
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Also known as the Horse Latitudes
Aug 08 2003, 12:02 AM
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According to
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/jmartin/Oceanography/Physical_Oceanography.html
there is a difference between them: -
Doldrums - zone of no wind at equator, zone of intense rain (rising air)
Horse latitudes - zone of no wind about 30 degrees north and south of the Equator, no rain (sinking air)
Aug 08 2003, 1:43 AM
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