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horse latitudes
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北緯および南緯約30～35度に位置する、温暖で亜熱帯の高気圧が支配する地域。特徴としては、高い大気圧の下で、乾燥しており、風が穏やかから弱い状態になることが挙げられる。
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(informal, geography, meteorology) The warm, subtropical bands which encircle the globe between approximately 30 and 35 degrees both north and south of the Equator, characterized by high atmospheric pressure and dry variable winds ranging from calm to light.
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horse latitudes
Sailors dreaded the long, windless stretches in the horse latitudes, where high pressure and dry, variable breezes could leave a ship becalmed for days.
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Sailors dreaded the long, windless stretches in the horse latitudes, where high pressure and dry, variable breezes could leave a ship becalmed for days.
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