It is the sloped side of a mountain that is colder and gets more rain. Why? Because the leeward side is the opposite of the windward side and is also dryer because when the clouds climb the mountain range (windward side) they loses all their water so there is none left for the leeward side.
The side the wind is blowing towards at any one time, which may change. If there is a prevailing wind direction it may then be the 'usual' windward side. The opposite side is the 'leeward' side.
There is a great difference between the windward and leeward side of a mountain. Windward and leeward sides are opposites.
The side that the wind is blowing toward. The permanent windward side of a mountain would be the side toward which the prevailing winds blow.
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the windward side gets lot of rainfall
The prevailing winds will force the clouds to climb when they reach the mountain range. As the clouds rise they drop their moisture. So the windward side of the mountain will get rain, and the leeward side of the mountain will be drier.
The side of a mountain or hill facing the wind.
The windward side of a mountain is typically the west side of the mountain, receiving the various weather as weather moves west to east. The leeward side of a mountain opposes the windward side, making it the east side of the mountain, receiving little weather, blocking weather (rain) and warming air rapidly as it moves down this side of the mountain. The leeward side of mountains causes deserts, dry places, little rain, etc., for it releases warm air unto these places, and blocks weather (rain) from moistening them (I.E. Las Vegas, etc. on the eastern side of the mountain ranges).
Winds blow clouds towards the windward side of mountains. The clouds are forced to rise and have to release their water as rain or snow. This makes the windward side of mountains wetter and greener.
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The climate on the leeward side of a mountain differs from that on the windward side mostly in
the windward side gets lot of rainfall
The Windward side
Actually the windward side has higher precipitation, the leeward side is a drier place
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.
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The prevailing winds will force the clouds to climb when they reach the mountain range. As the clouds rise they drop their moisture. So the windward side of the mountain will get rain, and the leeward side of the mountain will be drier.
The wet side of the mountain is called the windward side. The dry side of the mountain is called the leeward side.
Rainfall on the windward and leeward sides of a mountain differ in the amount, whereby the windward side receives more rainfall.
it becomes a leeward.
The leeward side of a mountain is the side that is not exposed to wind or rain, the other side being the windward side.