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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Vent catabatique - Catabatic Wind.jpg |thumb |Katabatic wind in Antarctica]]<br />
A '''katabatic wind''' is a very strong [[wind]] which blows downhill.<ref name=kf>{{cite web |url= http://www.credoreference.com/entry/bkphsgeo/katabatic_flows |title=Katabatic flows |first= |last= |work=The Dictionary of Physical Geography |year=2000 |accessdate=2 August 2011}}</ref> They can be warm winds like the "föhn" wind on the north slopes of the [[Alps]] in [[Europe]] or the [[Chinook]] which blows down the Rockies in the [[US]].<ref name=kf/> They can also be very cold winds like those in [[Antarctica]] or [[Greenland]].<ref name=kf/> They are made when cold, dense air flows down from the [[ice]] cap to the coast. Sometimes these winds are called ''fall winds''.<ref>{{cite book |url= |title= Magic School Bus, Penguin Puzzle |last= Cole |first= Joanne |author2= Bruce Degen |year=2001 |publisher= Scholastic Inc. |location= U.S. |isbn= 0-439-31432-1 |pages= 43}}</ref> Along the [[Adriatic Sea|Adriatic]] coast, the cold katabatic wind is called the "bora", and in [[France]] it is called the "mistral".<ref name=kf/><br />
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