Bhoot (wind)

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The bhoot (English spelling for bhut , means "spirit" in Hindi ) is a dusty whirlwind in India . It is mostly localized and filled with loose dust and sand. The direction of rotation of the Bhoot is counterclockwise . It corresponds approximately to a small current .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinz Schamp, Die Winde der Erde and their names , Franz Steiner Verlag (1964), Wiesbaden, pp. 24 and 30 ( online at google books )
  2. ↑ John E. Oliver (Ed.): Encyclopedia of World Climatology. (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series) Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht 2005, p. 468 ( online at google books )