austral

Examples

• All

• The austral winds blow cold air from the southern continent across the ocean.

• The ozone hole does open up in the austral spring, yet sea ice growth happens during the austral winter.

  Blog text (26)

• During the austral summer of 1987, I had the opportunity to enter this cold and dark sea.

  Academic text (1992)

• Even manhauling to the Pole and back had to be accomplished in six or seven months during the austral summer.

  Fiction book (2001)

• For approximately 2-3 months in the austral summer, the dry valley climate is characterized by continuous daylight, near-freezing air temperatures, and the presence of meltwater flow.

  Academic text (1999)

• During the last austral summer season (November 1992 through January 1993), the COBRA team deployed and observed with two telescopes simultaneously.

  Academic text (1993)

• Dry valley streams flow intermittently during the austral summer and, along with the hyporheic zone, have high productivity that decreases over short distances into the surrounding dry soil habitats (Conovitz et al. 1998, McKnight et al. 1998).

  Academic text (1999)

• During the austral summer, many species of birds migrate to southern regions to breed.

• In Australia, the austral seasons are opposite to those in the northern hemisphere.

Synonyms

S

southern

vsaustral

480 1.0

Located in or coming from the south

is about relation or origin rather than physical location

Antonyms

N

northern

483 1.0

Located in the north part of a country or area

Compounds

A

Austral Islands

8.0

A group of small islands in southern French Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology