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Drag the names of the prevailing winds to the areas where they form in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Air is curved to the right in the Northern hemisphere because of the Earth’s rotation and the Coriolis force. As a consequence, air movement in the polar cell circulation forms the polar easterlies. In the circulation cell that lies between 60° and 30° north, prevailing westerlies is formed.North trade winds on the other hand is formed in the tropic circulation cell.

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