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The Sierra Nevada Mountains force the moist air from the Pacific Ocean high into the atmosphere where the water condenses and falls as rain or snow on the windward side of the mountains. The air that then crosses the mountain range has been stripped of its water and nothing remains to fall on the leeward side forming a rain shadow desert. See the image above.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 14y agono it was not caused by rainshadow affect. It was caused by the High pressure of the area and the cold ocean currents coming from the Atlantic. There are also other factors.
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∙ 9y agoThe Sierra Nevada range blocks moisture from the Pacific from crossing into the Mojave Desert on the east side of the mountains.
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What type of dessert is California Mojave desert?
The Mojave Desert is a hot subtropical desert.
What made the Mojave Desert appear?
The uplifting of the Sierra Nevada Mountains that blocked moisture from the Pacific caused the Mojave Desert to form as a rain shadow desert.
What is the size of the Mojave Desert?
The Mojave Desert is a hot, rain shadow desert located in southern California, southwestern Arizona, southern Nevada and southern Utah. It is the hottest desert and the lowest desert in North America.
What was the Mojave desert?
The Mojave desert is a rain shadow, mostly high desert area, that occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona in the United States.
What is the duration of The Shadow of the Desert?
The duration of The Shadow of the Desert is 3600.0 seconds.
When was The Shadow of the Desert created?
The Shadow of the Desert was created on 1924-01-27.
What is the ''rain shower'' desert?
Are you sure you are not referring to a 'rain shadow' desert? I find no reference to a 'rain shower' desert.
Is the Mojave Desert a result of plate tectonics?
Indirectly, yes. Both the Coastal Mountains and the Sierra Nevada Mountains were forced up by plate tectonics. These mountains block Pacific moisture from moving inland causing a rain shadow desert on the leeward side.
Which desert is in a double rain shadow?
Atacama
What is the elevation of the Mohave Desert?
The Mojave Desert is a rain shadow, mostly high desert area, that occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona in the United States. Average elevation: 4,921' (1,500 m) ranging from -282 feet below sea level at Badwater Basin in Death Valley to a high at Charleston Peak at 11,918 ft (3,633 m).
What desert covers parts of China and Mongolia and falls in the rain shadow areas of the Himalayas?
The Gobi Desert
What is the rain shower?
Are you sure you are not referring to a 'rain shadow' desert? I find no reference to a 'rain shower' desert.
