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cyclone


"Birds eye" and profile view of a cyclone. 
Circulation is shown for the Northern Hemisphere

 

A cyclone is an area of low pressure. Cyclones exhibit fairly circular isobars. Circulation is counterclockwise around a low pressure system in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.  (See also: trough; anticyclone; atmospheric pressure)

 

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