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La zona de “calmas tropicales” …The “tropical calms” zone…

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Correct answer: a) Lies in the high-pressure regions with light variable winds (subtropical anticyclones), between the trades and the westerlies.

Why it is correct

Tropical calms are those of the subtropical highs, near 30º. Equatorial calms, between the trades, are another zone.

Why the others are not

  • b) Those are equatorial.
  • c) Those are equatorial.
  • d) Those are equatorial.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Tropical calms: 30º, highs.

Where this question comes from

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