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Föhn

LC control no.sh 85049627
LC classificationQC939.F6
Topical headingFöhn
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Variant(s)Foehn
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Found inWork cat.: 2015433333: Irimescu, Anișoara. Foehnul din nordul Olteniei, 2014: added t.p. (foehn)
Britannica.com, Oct. 31, 2016 (Foehn, German Föhn, warm and dry, gusty wind that periodically descends the leeward slopes of nearly all mountains and mountain ranges. The name was first applied to a wind of this kind that occurs in the Alps, where the phenomenon was first studied)