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Meaning of wind shadow | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An area which experiences lower winds due to being downwind from an obstacle such as a hill, building, tree line, mountain, wind turbine, etc.
    countable
  2. The phenomenon of lesser wind for this reason.
    uncountable

Examples

“"If you measure behind a wind turbine, the wind is blowing less hard," say Remco Verzijlbergh from Dutch weather service Whiffle. Geography means that this phenomenon, known as wind shadow, benefits Belgian wind farms in the North Sea.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

wind shear wind shift wind sleeve wind speed wind sprint wind storm

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