canyon wind

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canyon wind [′kan·yən ¦wind]

(meteorology)

Also known as gorge wind.

The mountain wind of a canyon; that is, the nighttime down-canyon flow of air caused by cooling at the canyon walls.

Any wind modified by being forced to flow through a canyon or gorge; its speed may be increased as a jet-effect wind, and its direction is rigidly controlled.

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