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Also known as dancing devil, willy-willy, whirly-whirly, dirt devil

meteorologisch verschijnsel van zand in de lucht

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Within Vinony's link graph, stofhoos is referenced by 323 other articles, and connects out to tropics, supercell and extratropical cyclone.

It is catalogued under topics including Commons link from Wikidata, Dust storms and Mars.

Its subject is documented across 43 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Area of occurrence
Primarily temperate and tropical regions
Season
Most common in summer
Effect
Dust and debris lofted into air, possibly wind damage

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
Weather
Subclass of
vortex
Image
Martian Dust Devil Trails.jpg
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Commons category
Dust devils
Commons gallery
Dust devil
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Article · Nederlands

Een stofhoos (ook zandhoos of stofduivel genoemd) is een kleine, relatief zwakke wervelwind die op warme dagen kan ontstaan door convectie in de lucht boven een sterk opgewarmd oppervlak.

Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

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