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What are two types of local winds?

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here are two types of local winds

Step-by-step explanation:

Land breeze: It is a common local wind that affects only coastal area. During the night the land becomes very much cooler than the sea as land is quickly chilled than the sea. The air adjacent to the surface is also chilled with the result that there is a marked high pressure over land. Thus the cooler, heavier, denser air over the land flows towards the sea and land breeze occurs.

See breeze: Unlike land breeze it blows the opposite way from the sea to the land. During the day land becomes quickly heated compared to sea with the result there is a marked low pressure over the land. Thus air is drawn into the land from the comparatively high pressure area of the adjacent seas or oceans. The southerly sea breeze in summer is highly welcome in Kolkata.

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