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Why is there a wet climate on the windward side of the mountain?
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∙ 12y ago
Air has a certain amount of moisture in it, called humidity. Fog or precipitation result when the air accumulates too much moisture to hold ... the amount of moisture air can hold varies based on air pressure which itself varies. Storms can lower air pressure, but are a bit dynamic and chaotic ... air pressure is naturally lower the higher in altitude you are, though; air is thickest at lower elevations. The air becomes too thin at altitude to hold onto the moisture, so it 'piles up' against mountain ranges and tends to dump whilst the wind continues across the mountains. Then devoid of the moisture it dumped, it tends to create a "rain shadow" on the far side of the mountain range as the air re-thickens when it lowers in altitude on the far side of the mountain range without the moisture it lost on the windward side of the mountains. Thus, you often have a lush, green side of mountains as the mountains cause the atmosphere to dump its moisture, and a desert on the far side as the air regains pressure but is devoid of moisture.
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What is rain shadow and how does it effect the climate of the west?
The rain shadow effect happens by a mountain and on the leeward side (west side) has a warm and wet climate. The windward side (east side ) has a cool & dry climate.
How do winds influence the climate of a place?
The winds affect the climate because they create the way hot and cold air is moved around. When winds come a mountain they are forced to rise. They lift the clouds up as they go up and the clouds are usually forced to drop their rain. This is why the windward sides of mountains are often wet.
What is it called when wet warm air is pushed up the side of the mountain?
Orographic lift.
What are the climate zones are in Maui?
Maui has incredible diversity in landscape and climate zones -- for instance, driving to the summit of Haleakala allows you to experience five different climate zones, all in the space of about an hour and a half. Below are the main climate zones of Maui.Lowland (both windward and leeward)Arid DesertTropical RainforestTropical Wet and Dry (Savanna)Grassland (Steppe)High Alpine Land
What is hot wet climate?
If you mean what is a climate which is hot and wet, then this is called a 'Tropical' Climate where this is only a humid season and nothing else.
What side of the mountain is always wet?
The wet side of the mountain is called the windward side. The dry side of the mountain is called the leeward side.
What is rain shadow and how does it effect the climate of the west?
The rain shadow effect happens by a mountain and on the leeward side (west side) has a warm and wet climate. The windward side (east side ) has a cool & dry climate.
Explain why the land on the windward side of a mountain range is usually green and lush while the other side is usually drier?
The land on the windward side of a mountain range is usually green and lush while the other side is usually drier because the clouds tend to pile up on the windward side. The clouds then drop their moisture before they cross the mountains, making the windward side wet and the other side dry.
Explain why the land on the windward side of a mountain range is usually green and lush while the other side is usually drier.?
The land on the windward side of a mountain range is usually green and lush while the other side is usually drier because the clouds tend to pile up on the windward side. The clouds then drop their moisture before they cross the mountains, making the windward side wet and the other side dry.
On the windward side of the mountain you would expect what?
The windward side of the mountain has most of the precipitation. This happens because it gets colder the higher you go. As the air cools off, it reaches its dew point temperature,and the moisture in the air condenses to form clouds, and eventually rain, or snow.
How do winds influence the climate of a place?
The winds affect the climate because they create the way hot and cold air is moved around. When winds come a mountain they are forced to rise. They lift the clouds up as they go up and the clouds are usually forced to drop their rain. This is why the windward sides of mountains are often wet.
How does mountain barriers affect the climate?
Mountains can affect the climate of nearby lands. Clouds approaching a mountain are forced to rise, and rising clouds can't hold so much water, so they drop their rain, so the windward side of a mountain range may be rainy and the leeward side may be a desert.Much of airborne moisture falls as rain on the windward side of mountains. This often means that the land on the other side of the mountain (the leeward side) gets far less rain - an effect called a "rain shadow" - which often produces a desert.The higher the mountain, the more pronounced the rain shadow effect is and the less likely rain will fall on the leeward side.(The Windward is the side of a mountain that is facing into the direction that the wind is coming from.The Leeward side is the wind protected side of a mountain.)
What happens when wet warm water air is pushed up the side of the mountain?
The water vapor melts and it goes into the mountain
Why is the climate wet?
A climate is wet because of humidity in the atmosphere.
Why will the dry side of the mountain be hotter than the wet side?
Because the wet side obviously has precipitation so the water will cool it off and the dry side is only exposed to sunlight and the sunlight will make it hotter.
What is it called when wet warm air is pushed up the side of the mountain?
Orographic lift.
What are different between rain forest and deserts?
DifferencesA rain forest has much precipitationA desert has little precipitationA rain forest is more likely on the windward side of a mountain rangeA desert is more likely on the leeward side of a mountain range.SimilaritiesBoth deserts and rain forests are more common in warm climates than in temperate climates.They can both be caused by t
