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Why is there a contrast in climate in the either side of the rocky mountain?
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∙ 11y ago
As clouds get pushed up by the mountains the pressure drops and the clouds release their moisture in the form of precipitation. Once they get over the mountain tops they are relatively drained of their moisture causing desert like conditions on the other side of the range.
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