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When Cold, Dense Air Accumulates in a High Valley, Plateau

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When cold, dense air accumulates in a high valley, plateau, or snowfield within a mountains area, and flows strongly down slopes to pour out onto the land below, these winds are called ____. ​


A) land breeze
B) katabatic (or drainage) winds
C) Santa Ana winds
D) chinook (or foehn) winds
E) valley breeze

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