French Wash Basin Crossword Clue (2023)

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What is the dry cold north wind in Switzerland and France? ›

The Bise is a cold, vigourous and persistent north or north-easterly wind blowing from the alpine mountains, that affects Switzerland and eastern France. The Bise is especially prominent in the Geneva area at the southwestern end of Lac Leman (Lake Geneva).

The basin is drained by the Waitaki River.

The mistral (Catalan: mestral, Greek: μαΐστρος, Italian: maestrale, Maltese: majjistral, Corsican: maestrale) is a strong, cold, northwesterly wind that blows from southern France into the Gulf of Lion in the northern Mediterranean.

The ampere (/ˈæmpɛər/ AM-pair, US: /ˈæmpɪər/ AM-peer; symbol: A), often shortened to amp, is the unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI). One ampere is equal to 1 coulomb, or 6.241509074×10¹⁸ electrons' worth of charge, moving past a point in a second.

foehn, German Föhn, warm and dry, gusty wind that periodically descends the leeward slopes of nearly all mountains and mountain ranges. The name was first applied to a wind of this kind that occurs in the Alps, where the phenomenon was first studied.

mistral, Italian maestrale, cold and dry strong wind in southern France that blows down from the north along the lower Rhône River valley toward the Mediterranean Sea.

Microamperes ( amperes) and Milliamperes ( 1 m a = 10 - 3 amperes) are smaller units.

A common unit of electric current is the ampere, which is defined as a flow of one coulomb of charge per second, or 6.2 × 10¹⁸ electrons per second.

Electricity is measured in Watts and kilowatts

Electricity is measured in units of power called Watts, named to honor James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine. A Watt is the unit of electrical power equal to one ampere under the pressure of one volt.

The Bise is a northeasterly wind that blows mainly over the Swiss plateau. In summer, the Bise brings dry air and temperatures that generally reflect the time of year. In winter, the Bise produces cold and relatively moist air that favours cloud formation in lower-lying areas.

What is the cold northerly wind in Switzerland? ›

The Bise (French: La Bise) is a cold, dry wind in Switzerland which blows through the Swiss Plateau from the northeast to the southwest.

France. The tramontane [tʁa. mɔ̃. tan] in France is a strong, dry cold wind from the north (on the Mediterranean) or from the northwest (in lower Languedoc, Roussillon, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands).

Three main types of wind occur in Switzerland: westerly wind, Bise and Foehn. Westerly wind is the predominant wind here, appearing the most frequently. It arises in classic westerly wind conditions, with a westerly flow over the Atlantic Ocean between the high-pressure area of the Azores and the low of Iceland.