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The biome that is determined by the amount of precipitation it receives is the desert biome. Deserts typically receive very little precipitation, leading to arid and dry conditions with little vegetation.
This phenomenon is called a "rain shadow effect." When moist air is forced to rise over a mountain range, it cools and loses its moisture as precipitation on the windward side. As the air descends on the leeward side, it warms and becomes drier, creating arid conditions and little precipitation, known as a rain shadow.
Yucca Mountain, located in Nevada, receives very little rainfall, typically around 4-6 inches per year. This low precipitation rate is one of the reasons the site was chosen for a potential nuclear waste repository.
A high-latitude region that receives very little precipitation is called a polar desert. Antarctica and the Arctic are examples of regions that experience polar desert conditions, with extremely low levels of precipitation due to cold temperatures and their distance from sources of moisture.
The side of a mountain range that initially receives the precipitation is caused, or increased by a process called orthographic precipitation. After the system, or pocket of air moves over the range, much of the moisture has been drained from the weather system or pocket of air. The back side of a mountain range is called the rain shadow. Because much of the moisture has been drained from the air, it often creates a desert. The Gobi Desert is created by the Himalayn Range, and the Mojave Desert is created by the San Bernardino and San Gaberial mountains. These deserts are called Rain Shadow Deserts.
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The biome that is determined by the amount of precipitation it receives is the desert biome. Deserts typically receive very little precipitation, leading to arid and dry conditions with little vegetation.
tundra and desesrt
This phenomenon is called a "rain shadow effect." When moist air is forced to rise over a mountain range, it cools and loses its moisture as precipitation on the windward side. As the air descends on the leeward side, it warms and becomes drier, creating arid conditions and little precipitation, known as a rain shadow.
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Antarctica receives little precipitation each year which classifies it as a desert.
Yucca Mountain, located in Nevada, receives very little rainfall, typically around 4-6 inches per year. This low precipitation rate is one of the reasons the site was chosen for a potential nuclear waste repository.
A high-latitude region that receives very little precipitation is called a polar desert. Antarctica and the Arctic are examples of regions that experience polar desert conditions, with extremely low levels of precipitation due to cold temperatures and their distance from sources of moisture.