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OpenStudy (anonymous):

4. The wind appears to travel clockwise around high pressure systems in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. What phenomenon does this describe?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Doesn't this also happen when you flush the loo?

OpenStudy (jamesj):

This question belongs in Physics. But the answer is the Coriolis effect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect#Meteorology

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