Why is the direction of polar winds not the same in both the hemispheres?
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As seen in above figure, North pole and south poles are high pressure zones.
It is also seen that subpolar low-pressure zones are located at both northern and southern zones.
In addition to that equilateral low-pressure zones in the equator all along the periphery of the earth.
Therefore, Air flows in southern direction from northern hemisphere high pressure zone to respective low-pressure zones as shown in the above figure.
Similarly, air flows in reverse direction in southern hemisphere.
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