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Trade winds are found in the tropics in the lower section of the troposphere near the Earth's equator.

The trade winds blow predominantly from the north-east in the Northern Hemisphere and from the south-east in the Southern Hemisphere.

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What is the name of most surface wind systems?

Trade Winds,Prevailing Westerlies,and Polar Easterlies


What do we call winds from the most common wind direction?

The north east trade winds


What are the wind systems south of the equator called?

Trade winds


What wind blows toward the equator?

Trade winds


Why are the winds that blow from subtropical high pressure zones called trade winds?

Those winds were called the trade winds at a time when trade, or commerce, was conducted largely by sailing vessels that required wind in order to travel. The trade winds were particularly useful for sailing ships engaged in trade.