G.K. of World Geography for Civil Services Preliminary Examination - 2012

Climatic Conditions of Africa:

Name	Characteristics	Place of Occurrence
Berg	Warm, dry in winter	From plateau of South Africa to coast
Cape Doctor	A storng wind from plateau to southern coast or South Africa also called “The Table Cloth” as it is responsible for a sheet of cloud over table mountain
Chili	A Sirocco wind dry and very warm	From Tunisia
Gibli (Ghibli)	An extreme form of Sirocco Very intense like hot blast	Tunisia
Harmattan	Dry and dusty wind of winter. Provide relief from moist heat in Guinea	From Sahara (mali & Niger) to Gulf of Guinea
Khamsin	A hot south sirocco/simoom associated with heat wave and dust storm	North Africa and Arabian Peninsula from Egypt to Mediterranean sea
Leveche	A sirocco type wind	Morocco to South Mediterranean Spain
Simoom	Hot and dry wind of Asiatic and African deserts	Experienced in Summer in North Sahara, Israel, Jordan, Syira & Arabian Desert
Sirocco	A hot and dry wind when leaning Africa Very humid when reaching Italy. Causes Blood rain in Ital which in the rain mixed with red sand	Blow from sahara to sicly and south Italy. Levech - Spain Leste - Morocco Calima - Canary Island (Africa & Europe)

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