A katabatic wind, from the
Greek word katabatikos meaning "going downhill", is a
wind that blows down a
topographic incline such as a hill, mountain, or
glacier. Such winds, particularly when they occur over a wide area, are sometimes called fall winds.A distinction is drawn between winds that feel warmer than their surroundings (generally called
Föhn or regionally,
Chinook,
Santa Ana,
Bergwind or
Diablo) and those that are cooler (for instance the
Mistral in the
Mediterranean, the
Bora (or Bura) in the
Adriatic or the Oroshi in
Japan). In more recent times, however, the term katabatic wind usually refers to the cold variant.
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