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Why does the windward side of the mountain have a wet climate?
As moist air is pushed up the windward side of a mountain, it cools and condenses, leading to cloud formation and precipitation. This process, known as orographic lift, causes wetter conditions on the windward side of a mountain.
How does the rainfall differ on the windward and leeward sides of a mountain?
The windward side of a mountain typically receives more rainfall because as moist air rises up the mountain, it cools and condenses, leading to precipitation. On the leeward side, the air is drier and descends, which causes it to warm and retain less moisture, resulting in a rain shadow effect and less rainfall.
Why is 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 a mountain range receives moist air from the prevailing winds. As the air rises up the slope, it cools and releases moisture as precipitation, creating a wetter climate and supporting lush vegetation. In contrast, the leeward side, or the rain shadow side, receives drier air that has already lost much of its moisture on the windward side, resulting in a drier climate and less vegetation.
Where do you find orographic rain?
Orographic precipitation is well known on oceanic islands, such as the Hawaiian Islands or New Zealand, where much of the rainfall received on an island is on the windward side, and the leeward side tends to be quite dry, almost desert-like, by comparison.
What 7 countries make up the Arabian peninsula?
Kuwait,Bahrain,Qatar,UAE,Oman,Yemen,Saudi Arabia
What countries make up the Indies?
Jamaica, Trinidad, barbados,gayana,leeward island and windward island
What islands make up the Winward islands?
The Islands that make up the Windward Island are Grenada,St.Lucia,St.vincent and Dominica.
What countries make up the windward island?
st.Lucia Dominica st.Vincent& Grenadines Grenada Barbados Trinidad& Tobago guyana
Which islands make up the Lesser Antilles?
The Lesser Antilles include the smaller islands of the Caribbean - the Virgin Islands and the Windward Island and Leeward Island.
What three countries make up the island of Borneo?
Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei are the three countries that make up the island of Borneo.
Which 3 countries make up borneo?
Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia are the 3 countries that make up Borneo. Borneo is also an island.
What are the countries that make up the leeward island?
leward islands
What two countries make up the island east of cuba?
The Island is called "Hispaniola" and the two countries are the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti.
What is the largest of the leeward islands?
Martinique
What two countries make up hispanolia?
Haiti and the Dominican Republic are the two countries that make up the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean.
What is the leeward and windward islands north of south America part of?
The Society Islands. See below link for further information:
What two countries make up the island of hisponiola?
The two countries that make up the island of Hispaniola are the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two-thirds of the island, while Haiti occupies the western third.
