Alternate Definitions for mountain wind

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Term: mountain wind
Definition:

A nocturnal, thermally forced wind from the direction of the mountains, generated by cooling along the mountain slopes; a downvalley wind, or the nighttime downslope (katabatic) component of a mountain?plains wind system.

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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