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• The dry season is characterized by south-east trade winds.
• Geography—note: a flat, riverless island renowned for its white sand beaches; its tropical climate is moderated by constant trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean; the temperature is almost constant at about 27 degrees Celsius (81 degrees Fahrenheit) PeoplePopulation: 100,018 note: estimate based on a revision of the base population, fertility, and mortality numbers, as well as a revision of 1985-1999 migration estimates from outmigration to inmigration, which is assumed to continue into the future; the new results are consistent with the 2000 census (July 2007 est.) Aruba
• Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
• And there is always wind power to harness, blessed as the islands are with the trade winds. Times, Sunday Times
• By contrast, the southern hill slopes along the southern coasts are kept moist during the dry season by the southeast trade winds, and dipterocarp rain forest occurs on the southwest hills of both Lombok and Sumbawa. Lesser Sundas deciduous forests
• In most areas these winds blow with great regularity, and weather in the trade wind regions is usually fine and quiet. Geography Basic Facts
• Wave action and easterly winds will pull this colder water to the surface off the coast of Peru and Ecuador and as the easterly trade winds strengthen the effect becomes stronger.
• Infinitely reassuring was the unresting, unhurried suspiration of the air-pumps, driving the man-made trade winds of this tiny planet. The Sands of Mars
• Waiters in white coats serve you rum punch: trade winds trickle through the trees; and the scent of jasmine fills the air.
• The shore, one of the most westerly in Africa, is cooled by the north-east trade winds, taking some of the edge off the searing tropical heat.