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What is the name of the side of a mountain facing towards wind or rain?
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What is a dry area on the side of the mountain facing away from the wind?
Rain shadow.
Which side of a mountain receives rain?
the side facing the wind
What happens to the weather if a mountain is next to an ocean?
A basic answer is that the side facing the sea may receive most of the rain coming off the sea. The land side of the mountain may be in the mountain's rain shadow, which receives less rain, and could be drier.
What is the side of the mountain facing the wind?
The side of a mountain facing away from wind is the leeward, drier side, called the rain shadow.Leeward SlopesThe sheltered side of a mountain is known as the 'lee' side, or leeward slopes.The leeward side of a mountain has very little wind and a dry climate. This is called the mountain's rain shadow. In the northern hemisphere, this is usually the eastern side of the mountain. Leeward means the side which the wind doesn't blow on. The opposite is windward, which is the side of the mountain that the wind blows against.Its the Rain Shadow.
What occurs on the side of the mountain facing the wind?
Rain. The side facing the wind with experience a phenomenon known as adiabatic cooling. When this happens water is condensed out of the air and forms rain. The side facing away from the wind will experience adiabatic heating, where the air will get warmer and be able to hold more moisture, and therefore, that side experiences less rain. Most deserts, especially in the US, are as a result of adiabatic heating, and they are on the 'other side of the mountain' as the wind.
What is the problem china facing towards acid rain?
Massive and Immense, due to It's burning of dirty [with sulfur] coal.
What are rain shadows used for?
As a simple example: a tall mountain near the sea. The prevailing wind off the sea carries a lot of rain water. On reaching the mountain, and in order to rise over the mountain, the clouds tend to rise meeting colder air at the higher altitudes. This means that it will rain, as cold air can't contain much water vapour. So the rain mainly falls on the side of the mountain facing the sea. Once over the mountain, there is very little rain left. So, on the side of the mountain away from the sea, a rain shadow is formed and very little rain will fall in the area of the shadow.
What is the name of the area behind a mountain with a little rain called?
A Mountainous face
The downwind side of a mountain is called?
The downwind side of a mountain is called the leeward side. Another name for this side of the mountain is known as the rain shadow.
What is the name of the area of reduced precipitation of one side of mountain?
Lee Rain Shadow
When was Smoky Mountain Rain created?
Smoky Mountain Rain was created in 1980-09.
How does mountain effect 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.)
