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A shamal (Arabic: شمال, 'north') is a northwesterly wind blowing over Iraq and the Persian Gulf states (including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait), often strong during the day, but decreasing at night. This weather effect occurs from once to several times a year, mostly in summer, but sometimes in winter.
Alamy. Yazd is said to have the most wind catchers of any city in the world (Credit: Alamy) From ancient Egypt to the Persian Empire, an ingenious method of catching the breeze kept people cool ...
Khamsin, chamsin or hamsin (Arabic: خمسين ḫamsīn, meaning "fifty"), more commonly known in Egypt as khamaseen (Egyptian Arabic: خماسين ḫamāsīn, IPA: [xɑmæˈsiːn] ⓘ), is a dry, hot, sandy local wind affecting Egypt and the Levant; similar winds, blowing in other parts of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula ...
A satellite image of the Arabian Desert by NASA World Wind. The desert lies mostly in Saudi Arabia and covers most of the country. It extends into neighboring southern Iraq, southern Jordan, central Qatar, most of the Abu Dhabi emirate in the United Arab Emirates, western Oman, and northeastern Yemen.
7 de dic. de 2015 · The summer Shamal lasts for months, with wind gusts up to 30 m s −1 at 300 m aboveground, exerts continuous wind loadings, and is a threat to the structural integrity of tall buildings in Middle Eastern cities [Irvin, 2009].
Shamal, hot and dry, dusty wind from the north or northwest in Iraq, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula. In June and July it blows almost continuously, but usually under 50 km (about 30 miles) per hour. The wind causes great dust storms, especially in July, when Baghdad may experience five or more.
18 de abr. de 2024 · Arabian Desert, great desert region of extreme southwestern Asia that occupies almost the entire Arabian Peninsula. It is the largest desert area on the continent—covering an area of about 900,000 square miles—and the second largest on Earth, surpassed in size only by the Sahara, in northern Africa.
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