What is a chinook?

Question

What is a chinook?

Answer 1

It is a twin rotor helicopter used for transporting goods and personnel

Answer 2

A type of salmon

Answer 3

"The Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, (derived from Russian чавыча), is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family. It is a Pacific Ocean salmon and is variously known as the king salmon, tyee salmon, Columbia River salmon, black salmon, chub salmon, hook bill salmon, winter salmon, Spring Salmon, Quinnat Salmon and blackmouth. Chinook Salmon are typically divided into "races" with "spring chinook", "summer chinook", and "fall chinook" being most common. Races are determined by the timing of adult entry into fresh water."

Answer 4

It's a type of fish...... Salmon to be exact.

Answer 5

As the answers show, the term can mean many things. A few points on the wind -- The term is unique to the U.S.; elsewhere. it is called a foehn. The term chinook  means "snow-eater". It is caused when wind blows over a mountain. As the air rises, it loses heat fairly slowly because of the moisture, which tends to retain it. Eventually the air cools enough that it can no longer retain the moisture and you get rain on the windward side of the mountain. On the other side of the mountain, the air falls but, not having any moisture, warms up rapidly. The leeward side of the mountain is called the rain-shadow and is warmer and drier than the surrounding area. Prevailing westerlies make the Rockies and the Cascades good places to observe the phenomenon.

Answer 6

its a type of wind

Answer 7

It is a big transport helicopter used by the US. army.