Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ)

Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ)

Or intertropical discontinuity (ITD); a broad trough of low pressure at the confluence of the trade winds which moves north and south roughly parallel to the equator with the seasonal change in the winds.

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