Land and sea breezes

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Unequal heating and cooling of land and sea cause breezes. By day the land is warm and the sea cool. The warm air rises and the cool air descends. The breeze is off the sea. At night the land is cool and the sea warm. The breeze is off the land.

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Keywords: air, atmosphere, breeze, breezes, circulation, climate, current, diagrams, dynamics, land, sea, weather, wind