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Give Reason: Cyclonic winds move in anticlockwise direction with northern hemisphere. -

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Give Reason:

Cyclonic winds move in anticlockwise direction with northern hemisphere.

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Solution

  1. Cyclones are centres of low pressure, where winds from the surrounding high-pressure area converge towards the centre in a spiral form.
  2. Due to the rotation of the earth, the cyclonic winds in the northern hemisphere move in an anticlockwise direction.
  3. Whereas they move in a clockwise direction in the southern hemisphere.
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