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Meaning of barlovento y sotavento by Felipe Lorenzo del Río





Felipe Lorenzo del Río

barlovento y sotavento
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Marine terms relating to wind, although they are also used in weather, geomorphology, hunting, aerodynamic energy and other areas. Regarding a place or position, windward is the part where the wind comes from (facing the wind) and leeward the directional zone to which the wind is headed. When we sail against the wind we go to windward; when the wind pushes us with our backs we head to leeward.

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