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In this lesson we are going to talk about the cyclones and the anticyclones

Answer Text:
Pressure Systems in the World
1. Cyclone

• It’s a low pressure system characterized by low pressure at the centre and increases outwards.
• Starts in areas where air ascends from the ground to the atmosphere and descends at high altitude.
• It’s of two types.
Tropical cyclones e.g. hurricane, typhoon and willy willies and depressions which are characterized by temperate latitudes.
• The movement of wind is anticlockwise in the N. hemisphere and clockwise in the S. hemisphere.
2. Anticyclone

• A high pressure system characterized by high pressure at the centre and decreases outwards.
• It starts in areas where air is descending from the atmosphere onto the ground and then blows outwards on the ground.
• The movement of wind is clockwise in the N. hemisphere and anticlockwise in the S. hemisphere.