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What Is the reason for the location of the Thermal Belt in Katabatic Winds​

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Katabatic winds lead to the development of the thermal belt (zone of warmer temperature above the valley floor) and a frost pocket (an area of very cold temperatures at the bottom of a valley where frost occurs) in a valley at night.

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