Leveche

Lebeche (Llebeig or Garbí in Catalan; Libeccio in Italian) is the Spanish name for a warm southwest wind in parts of coastal Mediterranean Spain, either a foehn wind or a hot southerly wind in advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara Desert. Called by other names in other parts of the Mediterranean area.

See also

• Bora (wind)
• Etesian
• Gregale
• Khamaseen
• Levantades
• Marin (wind)
• Mistral (wind)
• Sirocco
• Winds of Provence

References

• Name of Winds

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Leveche.

• Local Mediterranean winds