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The leeward sides of mountains are typically dry and are often arid enough to be referred to as what?
The leeward sides of mountains are typically dry and are often arid enough to be referred to as rain shadow deserts. Rain shadow deserts are created when mountains block rain clouds.
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.
How does the rainfall differ on the windward and leeward sides of a mountain-?
Rainfall on the windward and leeward sides of a mountain differ in the amount, whereby the windward side receives more rainfall.
What are the two sides of the mountain called?
windward and leeward side(:
What are the leeward and windward called?
Sides of a mountain/ship/hill.
What are the two sides called of mountain ranges?
windward and leeward side(:
Surrounded on all sides by land?
a lake is surrounded by land on all sides!:)
Why Windward sides of mountains receive more rainfall than the leeward sides?
because one side is cooler than the other
How does the rainfall differ on the windward and leeward sides of a mountains?
the wind left his all moisture on windward side.
How does the rainfall differ on the windward and leeward sides of a mountain?
the wind left his all moisture on windward side.
What type of volcanoes are the hawiian islands?
The Hawaiian islands are made of two types of volcanoes, shield volcanoes and cinder cone volcanoes. Shield volcanoes have broad bases with gentle slopes. Cinder cone volcanoes have steeper sides, are made from fragments of lava, and are usually located at the base of shield volcanoes.
The leeward sides of mountains are often much drier than the windward sides?
This is caused by adiabatic cooling. Clouds rise and temperature drops and moisture condenses and falls on the windward side of the mountain. By the time they reach the other side (Lee) most of the moisture has already fallen.
