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What are the mountains that block moisture from reaching Patagonia?
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These are mountains from the southern Andes mountain range.
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Which two types of plate boundary forms volcanoes?
Fault Block mountains such as the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and Fold & Thrust Mountains such as the Himalayans.
Fault block mountains are primarly the result of faulting and?
Fault block mountains are often created through rifting, which is an indication of tensional tectonic forces. Fault block mountains are primarily the result of faulting and folding.
What are the examples of fault block mountains?
himalayas
When plates are compressed what do they produce?
fault-block mountains
What makes uplifted mountains fault-block mountains and hot-spot volcanoes different from other mountains?
they are different in the way that they are formed.
What stops rain getting into the desert?
High mountain ranges can block clouds and moisture from reaching certain areas of a continent, causing a 'rain shadow' that prevents rain from falling in deserts. Examples can be seen in the southwestn United States and Chile. Mountains block moisture from reaching an area and the area becomes a desert.
What causes Patagonia to be dry barren and windy?
Patagonia's dry barren and windy conditions are primarily caused by the rain shadow effect resulting from the Andes Mountains, which block moisture-laden air coming from the Pacific Ocean. The prevailing westerly winds also contribute to the arid conditions by further drying out the region. Additionally, the cold Falkland Current along the coast of Patagonia limits evaporation and moisture in the air, creating a harsh and windswept landscape.
What causes deserts to form on one side of the mountain?
Mountains form a baracade that prevents high level atmospheric moisture from reaching an area. This forms a rain shadow desert. Examples would be the deserts of the United States as well as those of South America.
Why is the driest desert in the world located in northern Chile?
The Andes Mountains to the east block moisture from the Atlantic Ocean from reaching northern Chile, forming a rain shadow desert called the Atacama.
Why does the Atacama not receive rains?
The prevailing winds are from the east and the tall Andes Mountains prevent any moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Amazon basin from reaching the area. The Coastal Range prevents any moisture from the Pacific from reaching the Atacama. Rain does fall in some parts of the desert but it amounts to little more than a sprinkle.
Why are the deserts located on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains?
They aren't! Most deserts in the United States are located on the western side of the Rocky Mountains or eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Sierras block Pacific moisture from reaching inland, creating a rain shadow.
What does the Andes Mountains have to do with South American deserts?
The Andes block moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Amazon basin from reaching the west coast areas of South America, resulting in the formation of rainshadow deserts such as the Atacama and Sechura.
Which side of mountains do deserts form?
Mountains force the humid air from the sea to rise where the moisture condenses and falls as rain on the windward side of the mountains. The air passes to the leeward side but now lacks moisture forming a rain shadow desert. See the diagram above.
How do mountains affect rain shadow deserts?
Some mountain ranges block the flow of moisture from reaching the interior of a continent. The mountains force the humid air upward on the windward side of the mountain causing the rain to fall on that side and leaving little moisture to fall on the leeward side forming a rain shadow desert. See the diagram above.
What does rainshadow have to do with desert formation?
Mountains block moisture from crossing into the leeward side, forcing most rain to fall on the windward side of the mountain. The leeward side is considered as a desert.
What effects the rain shadow effect?
The rain shadow equals rain
Why is the Nevada side of the Sierra Mountains a desert?
The Sierra Nevada mountains block moisture from the Pacific from crossing into Nevada, creating a rain shadow desert.
