Vendavel
Encyclopedia
The Vendevale is a westerly wind
that blows into the Mediterranean Sea
around the area of the Straits of Gibraltar and Morocco
. This is generally associated with travelling depressions entering the Mediterranean from the west.
Wind
Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale. On Earth, wind consists of the bulk movement of air. In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or charged particles from the sun through space, while planetary wind is the outgassing of light chemical elements from a planet's atmosphere into space...
that blows into the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
around the area of the Straits of Gibraltar and Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
. This is generally associated with travelling depressions entering the Mediterranean from the west.