Sea Breeze and Land Breeze

The speed of heating of land and sea due to sun radiation are different. Wind in coastal regions, blowing by day from a large water surface towards the land as a result of diurnal heating of the land surface is called sea breeze. In the opposite, the wind in coastal regions blowing at night from the land towards a large water surface as a result of the nocturnal cooling of the land surface is called land breeze. 

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