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- Intertropical Convergence Zone (redirect from Doldrums)Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ /ɪtʃ/ ITCH, or ICZ), known by sailors as the doldrums or the calms because of its monotonous windless weather, is the area where...21 KB (2,329 words) - 14:18, 21 May 2024
- Look up doldrums in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The doldrums, also called the "equatorial calms", are the calms and light baffling winds at the Intertropical...900 bytes (147 words) - 03:50, 11 July 2023
- which the end of the Age of Sail made its difficult location in the equatorial doldrums less important relative to its strategic importance as a centrally...39 KB (3,668 words) - 08:51, 31 May 2024
- the fleet sailed to the Guinea coast. Unfavorable weather near the equatorial doldrums caused water and food shortages. They returned to Sierra Leone for...14 KB (1,878 words) - 17:49, 26 May 2024
- and sailed into the South Atlantic. The return passage through the equatorial doldrums, turned out to be a horrific experience. According to Empoli, they...55 KB (8,035 words) - 19:40, 13 February 2024
- of calm, light variable winds near the equator is known as the doldrums, near-equatorial trough, intertropical front, or the Intertropical Convergence...17 KB (1,889 words) - 06:14, 31 May 2024
- of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), known by sailors as the Doldrums. The ITCZ would be expected to overlie the geographic equator according...5 KB (668 words) - 03:56, 21 April 2024
- across the North Atlantic from the Intertropical Convergence Zone (calms or doldrums) to the part south of Iceland, and from the east coasts of North America...18 KB (2,591 words) - 23:04, 12 April 2024
- again and again not to attempt to fan along to the eastward in the equatorial doldrums; for by so doing he would himself engage in a fruitless strife with...17 KB (2,286 words) - 00:04, 20 April 2023
- until the doldrums hit (usually around Sierra Leone), then to strike southwest sharply, drift over the doldrums and then catch the South Equatorial Current...115 KB (15,041 words) - 13:50, 7 May 2024
- original on 17 May 2017. The state-owned carrier, which had been in the doldrums for much of the 1990s and 2000s, is undergoing a major re-fleeting exercise...161 KB (8,840 words) - 13:56, 2 June 2024
- thermal and moisture changes. When it is dominated most of the year by the doldrums low-pressure system due to the presence of the Intertropical Convergence...117 KB (10,521 words) - 16:37, 4 June 2024
- (UTC−05:00). The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), known by sailors as the Doldrums, governs the climate of Isla Gibraleón. March is the warmest month, with...9 KB (744 words) - 22:19, 30 January 2024
- BBC Sport. 18 December 2012. "He dragged Zambian football out of the doldrums". BBC Sport. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2018. Christopher Katongo...17 KB (882 words) - 11:17, 29 May 2024
- Diego de Almagro—drifted off course while his ship was becalmed in the Doldrums. They found the islands they visited uninhabited and so arid and barren...112 KB (12,505 words) - 00:39, 5 June 2024
- again dominate the tropics. Directly under the subtropical ridge are the doldrums, or horse latitudes, where winds are lighter. Many of the Earth's deserts...105 KB (11,196 words) - 19:33, 3 June 2024
- fluctuating annually due to the effects of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (doldrums). Annual rainfall ranges from 2,000 to 4,000 millimetres (79 to 157 in)...12 KB (1,300 words) - 22:55, 7 February 2023
- Zone (ITCZ) shifted southwards. The ITCZ shifted to the position far from Doldrums (the low pressure air uplifting region in equator). The air in the Atlantic...29 KB (2,828 words) - 01:13, 27 January 2024
- flight makes crossing the doldrums extremely difficult. The exception, the waved albatross, is able to live in the equatorial waters around the Galápagos...69 KB (7,863 words) - 18:15, 22 May 2024
- plundered it, which empties it of all its population then plunges it into the doldrums. Combined with the triumph of Sunnism and the end of the Babylonian gaonate...81 KB (10,869 words) - 00:21, 24 May 2024
- Maury, Lieutenant, U.S.N. CHAPTER IX. — THE EQUATORIAL CLOUD-RING. Description of the Equatorial Doldrums, § 346. — Oppressive Weather, 348. — The Offices
- the doldrums that slow wind speeds. Within the Intertropical Convergence Zone, these equatorial ocean water temperatures can vary between equatorial regions