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Describe front and frontogenesis. Write the types of front.

Solution

When two different air masses meet, the boundary zone between them is called a front.

The process of formation of the fronts is known as frontogenesis.

There are four types of fronts:
(a) Cold;
(b) Warm;
(c) Stationary;
(d) Occluded

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