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Cold air subsides at the pole creating the high pressure,

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Cold air subsides at the pole creating the high pressure, forcing a southerly (northward in the southern hemisphere) outflow of air towards the equator.

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Cold air subsides at the poles creating high pressure zones, forcing an equatorward outflow of air; that outflow is then deflected westward by the Coriolis effect. ... This particular belt of wind begins at approximately 60 degrees north and south latitude and reaches to the poles.

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