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these are natural wind patterns created by air movement over land masses. they are refered to as trade winds, because during the time of sail powered shipping, these more constant wind patterns were used to provide the most expedient travel times between places of early commerce.
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∙ 8y agoBecause they shorten the time it takes to get from one place to another. For example - say you had an easterly trade wind... that would help to push a sailing ship from east to west faster than if the ship was sailing from west to east.
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∙ 11y agobecause it balences out the warm and cold air, or it is trade winds
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∙ 14y agoSailing with the wind in their backs made the journeys ever so much easier and faster.
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∙ 11y agoThe trade winds are important because their cooling breezes moderate the high temperatures in the torrid zone where most islands in Oceania are located.
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What were winds between 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south known as?
The Answer Is NOT trade winds
Winds that provide a dependable route for trade called what?
Trade winds
Why are the winds that blow from subtropical high pressure zones called trade winds?
Those winds were called the trade winds at a time when trade, or commerce, was conducted largely by sailing vessels that required wind in order to travel. The trade winds were particularly useful for sailing ships engaged in trade.
Why are the winds that blow from the subtropical high pressure zones called trade winds?
Those winds were called the trade winds at a time when trade, or commerce, was conducted largely by sailing vessels that required wind in order to travel. The trade winds were particularly useful for sailing ships engaged in trade.
Why are the trade winds so called?
ANSWER:1.in olden days cargo ships sailed with the help these prevailing winds 2.easterlies were very helpful for sailing of cargo ship
How the trade winds are useful?
Trade winds are important because they bring about change in the season
Why were the trade winds important for the kuwaiti traders?
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Why were the trade winds important for the Kuwaiti trades?
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Why are the winds that blow from the Subtropical High Pressure Systems called the trade wind?
They used to be important for international trade when ships had sails and depended on the winds to move them.
The trade winds are caused by a rotation of wind know as what?
Hadley cell
What were winds between 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south known as?
The Answer Is NOT trade winds
Which winds would Christopher Columbus use to return to Europe?
it is the trade winds that brought Columbus ships to the Caribbean
Winds that provide a dependable route for trade?
trade winds
Does belgium receive trade winds?
No. The trade winds are in the tropics.
What are Northeast Trade Winds?
Trade winds blow from the Northeast in the Northern Hemisphere. Trade winds are the prevailing winds of the tropics and a major component of circulation in the atmosphere.
What is the tagalog term of trade winds?
Trade winds are found in the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) which is one term used when talking about trade winds. Low level trade winds near the equator are also reffered to as easterlies. In the Northern Hemisphere, the trade winds blow from the northeast and are known as the Northeast Trade Winds; in the Southern Hemisphere, the winds blow from the southeast and are called the Southeast Trade Winds. So it depends what you are looking for here...
Winds that provide a dependable route for trade called what?
Trade winds
