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Which hot local wind blows in prairies?

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Bora Bora
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Chinook
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Harmattan
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Mistral
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Solution

The correct option is B Chinook
Chinook winds are named for the Chinook resident Americans who lived in the coastal regions of Washington and Oregon near the Columbia River. Winds similar to Chinook occur all over the world and are known by several names. In the European The Alps, they are called fond winds, wrote Emma Quaile, a British scientist, in a 2001 article in the periodical Weather. In central Asia, they are against; in the Andes of South America, these winds are called Puelche; and in southern California, they are known as the Santa Ana winds.

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