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Terral levante

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-009558

A land wind of the terral kind on the Spanish coast, blowing from the interior toward the sea in place of the usual sea breeze. In Brazil the same name is sometimes applied to a northwest squall or to a strong foehn wind. Terral itself is the Spanish and Portuguese word for a land breeze, whereas the levante is a separate, easterly wind of the Spanish Mediterranean.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-009558
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-009558",
  "term": "Terral levante",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A land wind of the terral kind on the Spanish coast, blowing from the interior toward the sea in place of the usual sea breeze. In Brazil the same name is sometimes applied to a northwest squall or to a strong foehn wind. Terral itself is the Spanish and Portuguese word for a land breeze, whereas the levante is a separate, easterly wind of the Spanish Mediterranean.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/terral-levante/"
}

Record 9,506 of 10,702 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.