Geography

Natural hazards: tropical cyclones

Year 9 assessment task 3

Sam borron

Year 9

Mr Hine

Tropical cyclone Larry

Geographical processes associated with tropical cyclones

Tropical cyclones form over warm oceans (above 26.5˚ C) as low pressure systems and gradually build up intensity. They have clockwise wind circulations and produce gale force winds. These winds can extend hundreds of kilometers from the cyclone center
Tropical cyclones can persist for many days and many follow quite erratic pats. they usually break up or dissipate over land or cooler oceans the circular eye or center of a tropical cyclone is an area carctorise by light winds and often by clear sky. The diameter of the eye is usually aprrox 40 km but can rang from 10 to 100km.the eye is surrounded by a dense ring of cloud about 16 killomiters high,know as the eye wall,witchmarks the belt of the stongest winds and heviest rainfall. The severty ofa tropical cyclone is described in terms......

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