Question

Sirocco wind rises from _________.

• A. The Mediterranean Sea
• B. The Thar Desert
• C. The Sahara Desert
• D. Southern France

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

• Sirocco is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe especially during the summer season..
  
• The Sirocco causes dusty dry conditions along the northern coast of Africa, storms in the Mediterranean Sea, and cool wet weather in Europe.
  
• The term Sirocco is a name given to hot and subsequently humid southeast to southwest winds originating as hot, dry desert-air over Northern Africa, flowing northward into the southern Mediterranean basin.