Paper I · 4 Geography of India & AP · 4.1.4 Atmosphere, temperature, pressure and winds

4.1.4.6 Pressure belts of the world and their seasonal shifting

Pressure falls quickly with height and varies across the Earth in four pairs of belts (equatorial low, subtropical highs, subpolar lows, polar highs) that move north and south with the apparent movement of the Sun.

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Key terms

  • atmospheric pressure
  • millibar
  • hectopascal
  • 1013.2 mb
  • isobars
  • barometer
  • equatorial low
  • doldrums
  • subtropical high
  • horse latitudes
  • subpolar low
  • polar high
  • seasonal shift
  • Siberian high
  • Aleutian low
  • Icelandic low

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  5. Common trapsFoundation
  6. Quick revisionFoundation

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