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• Mountain breeze and valley breeze — Cartoon of mountain and valley breezes. A mountain breeze and a valley breeze are two related, localized winds that occur one after the other on a daily cycle. They are not the same as katabatic winds, which usually occur on a larger scale.… …   Wikipedia

• valley breeze — The breeze that blows in valleys during the daytime. Mountain slopes get heated up during the day, and this results in convective activity and an upslope flow of a breeze …   Aviation dictionary

• Mountain breeze — may refer to: Mountain breeze and valley breeze, a localized pair of winds. Mountain Breeze, a generic store brand citrus soda. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

• breeze — breeze1 breezeless, adj. breezelike, adj. /breez/, n., v., breezed, breezing. n. 1. a wind or current of air, esp. a light or moderate one. 2. a wind of 4 31 mph (2 14 m/sec). 3. Informal. an easy task; something done or carried on without… …   Universalium

• mountain breeze — A breeze in the valley in the later afternoons and at night. During this period, the valley walls cool quickly, cooling a layer of air next to the slope. This cold and more dense air moves downs lope into the valley, causing the mountain breeze… …   Aviation dictionary

• Mountain biking on Mount Tamalpais — Mount Tamalpais and its surrounding areas in Marin County, California played an important role in the development of mountain biking. In the 1970s, early mountain bikers such as Gary Fisher, Otis Guy, Charlie Kelly and Joe Breeze were active. All …   Wikipedia

• Sea breeze — For other uses, see Sea Breeze (disambiguation) and Bay breeze (disambiguation). A: Sea breeze, B: Land breeze …   Wikipedia

• Mountain Bike Hall of Fame — The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and Museum is located in Crested Butte Colorado. The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and Museum (MBHOF) was founded in 1988 to chronicle the history of mountain biking. Since the creation of this sport in the 1970’s,… …   Wikipedia

• mountain wind — noun : a breeze of diurnal period depending on the unevenness of land surfaces and blowing down the slope by night called also mountain breeze; compare valley wind * * * /wind/ a wind descending a mountain valley at night. Cf. valley wind. [1600… …   Useful english dictionary

• Bennett Valley AVA — Infobox Wine Region name = Bennett Valley AVA caption = official name = other name = type = American Viticultural Area year = 2003 [http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text idx?c=ecfr;sid=bff700d0bbb2a632948b70fe7e91d7d4;rgn=div5;view=text;node=2… …   Wikipedia

• art and architecture, Egyptian — Introduction       the ancient architectural monuments, sculptures, paintings, and decorative crafts produced mainly during the dynastic periods of the first three millennia BC in the Nile valley regions of Egypt and Nubia. The course of art in… …   Universalium