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What are global wind patterns called?

La Niña
local winds
prevailing winds
El Niño

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Prevailing winds.

These are the large-scale, consistent wind belts (e.g., trade winds, westerlies, polar easterlies) that result from Earth's rotation and global pressure patterns. La Niña and El Niño are climate/ocean phenomena; local winds are small-scale.