Kalahari High

The Kalahari High is a semi-permanent anticyclone situated over the interior of southern Africa. It is part of the subtropical ridge system and the reason the Kalahari is a desert.[1][2] It is the descending limb of a Hadley cell.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "High Pressure". Laulima.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
  2. ↑ "2. Climate and rainfall". Ilri.org. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
  3. ↑ "Global circulation". St-andrews.ac.uk. 2000-11-14. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
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