Why does it rain in the rainforest but not in the desert?

Answer 1

The hot air rises as the sun rises, the clouds cool and forms clouds which make rain.Yes, that's true, but rainforests receive 80 inches of rain per year.

Answer 2

The air over and around Antarctica is very cold, and cold air cannot hold much moisture. Furthermore, the water surrounding Antarctica is cold and so cannot supply much moisture to the air. Because Antarctica is so cold, what little precipitation occurs falls as snow rather than rain.

Deserts do experience rain, but very little of it. The There can be several reasons. Mountains can block moisture from going over them, creating what is called a rain shadow. Cold ocean water provides little moisture to the air, and can cool air masses, causing them to drop their moisture before reaching land. In other areas, there is persistent high pressure, which suppresses the formation of clouds and storms. For many deserts, their aridity is due to a combination of these factors.

Answer 3

It's all to do with the climate in that particular part of the world. Deserts were not instantly desert land, they were made deserts by the heat and humidity, thus less rain. Rainforests have many trees thus evaporating more water into the clouds. So when the cloud condenses, rain falls out but there isn't much trees in the dessert. Catus has no leaves to let the water be evaporated from and any way, catus don't want their water evaporated away, so they store their water in these harsh dessert places. So more trees, more rain.

Answer 4

Rainforests are located near the equator where warm, moist air rises and cools, causing frequent rain. Deserts, on the other hand, are located in areas where air descends and warms, preventing moisture from condensing into rain. This difference in atmospheric circulation patterns is why rain is more common in rainforests than in deserts.