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Question
Give a geographical reason for the following:
In the Mediterranean region of Europe, winds blow deep inside the land.
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Solution
This region falls in the belt of Westerlies, which blow with a great force from S.W. to N.E. and enter deep into the land region. Due to coming in contact with the Cold Polar Frost, these are accompanied by temperate cyclones with great speed covering the long distances from west to east from the Mediterranean Sea up to China, crossing the whole mid-Asia continent.
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