Chergui (wind)

Sharki, also Chergui or Sharqi (from Arabic شرقي šarqī "east ") is a wind in the Persian Gulf. The Sharki, a hot and humid southeast wind, the prevailing wind in this region is mainly in early summer and early winter.

Credentials

  • NOAA 's climate summaries for the Middle East and Iraq. In: NOAA Magazine Online ( Story 87). National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce. 7. April 2003. Retrieved on 1 February 2009. (English)
  • Taru Bahl, MH Syed (ed.): Encyclopaedia of the Muslim World. Anmol Publications, New Delhi 2003, ISBN 9788126114191, p.20 (accessed on 1 February 2009). (English)
  • Helen Chapin Metz: Iraq a country study. Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, MT 2004, ISBN 9781419126710, p 87 (accessed on 1 February 2009). (English)
  • Wind of the World: Chergui (or Sharqi ). In: Weather Online. Weather Online Ltd.. Retrieved on 1 February 2009. (English)
  • Geography (Morocco )
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