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What is a high latitude desert?
A region in the upper latitudes that receive under 25 cm of precipitation a year.
What is the characteristics of a bul-ol?
Characteristics
What are the characteristics of the ecology?
what are the characteristics of ecology
What does natural characteristics mean?
normal characteristics
The rain shadow effect has its greatest influence on the climate of Los Angeles?
Not really. Some areas in town that are downwind of the larger mountains get some mild rainshadow effect but the real rain shadows are further inland in the desert, East of or downwind of the major mountain ranges.
When was The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow created?
The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow was created in 1996.
How many pages does The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow have?
The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow has 296 pages.
Are rainshadow deserts often found on the windward sides of mountains in the middle latitudes?
No, rainshadow deserts are on the leeward side of mountains.
Which is the dry side of the mountain?
Rainshadow
Where is a rainshadow dessert in the US?
IN Sacramento
Which area of the atlas mountains are in the rainshadow?
The southeastern side of the Atlas Mountains, particularly areas like the Anti-Atlas range, are in the rain shadow. This means they receive less precipitation due to the blocking effect of the mountains on rain-producing weather systems coming from the west.
Where is the rainshadow desert in West Virgina?
There are no deserts in West Virginia.
Are deserts which are isolated from moisture by mountain ranges termed rainshadow deserts?
Yes, they are called rainshadow deserts because the mountains prevent atmospheric moisture from coming into the desert.
What effect takes place when mountains block precipitation from falling in an area?
rainshadow
Drier side of a mountain called?
the drier side is called the rainshadow (leeward side)
What effect is where moist air blows up a mountain side cools as the air increases in elevation?
Rainshadow
What desert can be found in south America?
The major desert in South America is the Atacama desert located in the rainshadow of the Andes mountains.
