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stewartlas97 on 13 Mar 13"This movement is complicated by several other factors that means wind does not always flow from the equator in the direction of either pole. The rotation of the earth creates a force known as the Coriolis force and this factor along with the temperature differences create winds at high altitudes above the earth on a large scale. These Geostrophic winds play a part in the wind's that affect us in everyday life, but local winds are largely affected by the surface of the earth - which is neither uniform or smooth. The earth has large flat plains (desert regions), areas covered with plant life (rainforests), very uneven regions (mountain ranges) and very smooth regions (seas and oceans), all of which affect the wind near the surface of the earth to varying degrees. These areas of the earth all have different values of roughness, which can impeded the flow of air. Obviously the lower the value of roughness the less the air is impeded."