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Why is land on the windward side of a mountain range is usually green and lush while the other side is usually drier?
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the land on the windward side receives pol in and nutrients.
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Why is there a wet climate on the windward side of the mountain?
Air has a certain amount of moisture in it, called humidity. Fog or precipitation result when the air accumulates too much moisture to hold ... the amount of moisture air can hold varies based on air pressure which itself varies. Storms can lower air pressure, but are a bit dynamic and chaotic ... air pressure is naturally lower the higher in altitude you are, though; air is thickest at lower elevations. The air becomes too thin at altitude to hold onto the moisture, so it 'piles up' against mountain ranges and tends to dump whilst the wind continues across the mountains. Then devoid of the moisture it dumped, it tends to create a "rain shadow" on the far side of the mountain range as the air re-thickens when it lowers in altitude on the far side of the mountain range without the moisture it lost on the windward side of the mountains. Thus, you often have a lush, green side of mountains as the mountains cause the atmosphere to dump its moisture, and a desert on the far side as the air regains pressure but is devoid of moisture.
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Explain why the land on the windward side of a mountain range is usually green and lush while the other side is usually drier.?
The land on the windward side of a mountain range is usually green and lush while the other side is usually drier because the clouds tend to pile up on the windward side. The clouds then drop their moisture before they cross the mountains, making the windward side wet and the other side dry.
Explain why the land on the windward side of a mountain range is usually green and lush while the other side is usually drier?
The windward side of the mountain range receives moist air from the prevailing winds, which rises and cools, leading to condensation and precipitation. This results in more rain and lush vegetation. In contrast, the leeward side, or the rain shadow, receives dry air after the moisture has been lost on the windward side, leading to drier conditions and less vegetation.
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Both the state name "Vermont" and its nickname "The Green Mountain State" reflect its mountainous terrain and heavy forestation. "Vermont" is derived from the French words "vert" (green) and "mont" (moutain peak), so both the name and nickname are essentially the same!
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Green = vert Mountain = montagne so green mountain = montagne verte
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