Geography
List the main causes for development of local winds.
Atmospheric Pressure & Winds
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The main causes for development of local winds are:
- Unequal heating of land and sea resulting into land and sea breezes.
- Heating and cooling of the mountain slopes.
- Local winds originating because of the deformation of air currents, crossing of mountain ranges and physical barriers.
- Convectional Local Winds caused by steep pressure gradients and steep variations in local temperatures.
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