chinooks

Rocky slope winds

Chinooks names several distinct things.

A chinook is a warm, dry wind that descends the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, capable of raising temperatures dramatically in winter: A chinook melted most of the snow overnight.

Chinook salmon are large Pacific salmon prized by anglers and commercial fishers.

The Chinook were Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest, and Chinook Jargon was a trade language of that region.

A Chinook is also a twin-rotor military helicopter.

wind

foehn

Warm downslope wind

warmModerately heated, or friendly
dryFree from moisture
downslopeToward lower elevation

Rocky Mountains · Alberta · Pacific · winter · thaw · snowmelt · temperature · gusts · westerly · plains

salmon

Pacific

Earth's vastest ocean

spawningReleasing eggs to reproduce
Columbia RiverMajor Pacific Northwest river
migrationMovement to new territory

fishing · Native American · smoked · dried · tribal · First Nations · king salmon · commercial · sport fishing · hatchery

people

tribe

Social group sharing ancestry

Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
Pacific NorthwestCoastal American region, northward
IndigenousOriginal inhabitants of land

Columbia River · First Nations · language · trade · jargon · pidgin · tribal · ancestral · reservation · culture

helicopter

aviation

Flying or operating aircraft

rotorcraftAircraft lifted by blades
BoeingAmerican aircraft manufacturer
airliftEmergency transport by plane

cargo · troops · hover · blades · cockpit · pilot · crew · turbine · flight · landing

chinooks

foehn

Pacific

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