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haboob


ha·boob

H0003500 (hə-bo͞ob′)n. A penetrating sandstorm or dust storm with violent winds, occurring chiefly in Arabia, North Africa, and India.
[Arabic habūb, strong wind, from habba, to rush, blow; see hbb in Semitic roots.]

haboob

(hɑːˈbuːb) n (Physical Geography) (in Africa and India) a storm of strong winds that whips up sand and dust from the desert

haboob

a heavy dust- or sandstorm of N. Africa, Arabia, and India.See also: Wind

haboob


haboob:

see sandstormsandstorm,
strong dry wind blowing over the desert that raises and carries along clouds of sand or dust often so dense as to obscure the sun and reduce visibility almost to zero; also known as a duststorm.
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Haboob

 

a sand or dust storm in the Sudan. A haboob is caused by a strong convection current combined with an influx of cold air masses. The storms usually occur from May through October and have an average duration of about three hours. During a haboob the dust cloud may rise to a height of 1,500 m, and the wind often attains destructive force. Khartoum experiences an average of 24 haboobs annually.

haboob

[hə′büb] (meteorology) A strong wind and sandstorm or duststorm in the northern and central Sudan, especially around Khartum, where the average number is about 24 haboobs a year.

haboob

Severe dust storms occurring in Sudan and associated with cumulonimbus clouds in the summer season.
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