Question
In the South Atlantic and South Eastern Pacific regions in tropical latitudes, cyclone does not originate. What is the reason?
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In the South Atlantic and South Eastern Pacific regions in tropical latitudes, cyclone does not originate. What is the reason?
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• Correct Answer: B
• Tropical cyclones rarely form in the South Atlantic and South-East Pacific because the ITCZ seldom shifts far enough south.
• Without ITCZ convergence, sufficient synoptic vorticity for cyclogenesis is absent.
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