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How could a forest grow in a mountain surrounded by a desert?
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Since everybody who asks this question seems to get the same answer, and because I honestly cannot explain it anymore better, I'll just post this:
When horizontal flowing air encounters a mountain, it is forced upward by the mountain slope. It cools as it expands due to the lower air pressure at altitude. Sometimes it cools enough that it can no longer hold the water vapor it contains. The vapor, then, condenses to form clouds, and if enough is present, precipitation.
The essential processes are the physical deflection of the air to higher altitudes and the reduction in air pressure which causes cooling.
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