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scirocco

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

scirocco(sirocco) A regional name for one of the types of warm winds from the south which occur around the Mediterranean. It moves ahead of an eastward-travelling depression and brings hot, dry, dusty conditions to Algeria and the Levant. To the north, where its humidity increases very rapidly as it crosses the sea, it brings moist air to the coast of Europe.

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scirocco

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

scirocco (sirocco) Regional term for one of the genera of warm winds from south of the Mediterranean. It moves ahead of an eastward-travelling depression and brings hot, dry, dusty conditions to Algeria and the Levant. To the north, where its humidity increases very rapidly as it crosses the sea, it brings moist air to the coast of Europe.

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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "scirocco." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "scirocco." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-scirocco.html

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scirocco

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

sci·roc·co / shəˈräkō; sə-/ • n. variant spelling of sirocco.

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