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LEVANT BLANC [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
CONT

levante. ... A levant (French spelling) with fine weather is a levant blanc; in the Roussillon region of southern France (where, as along the Catalonian coast of Spain, it is called llevant) it often brings floods in the mountain streams.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
CONT

Un levant de beau temps est un levant blanc; dans le Roussillon, on l'appelle llevant et il cause des inondations dans les cours d'eau de montagne.

CONT

Levant. [...] vent d'est soufflant sur les régions du Sud-Est. Il est plus couramment appelé levant dans le Roussillon et levante en Corse. Modéré à fort, il est généralement doux et humide avec des précipitations. Lorsqu'il souffle par beau temps, c'est le levant blanc.

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