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When horizontal flowing air encounters a mountain, it is forced upward by the mountain slope. It cools as it expands due to the lower air pressure at altitude. Sometimes it cools enough that it can no longer hold the water vapor it contains. The vapor, then, condenses to form clouds, and if enough is present, precipitation.
The essential processes are the physical deflection of the air to higher altitudes and the reduction in air pressure which causes cooling.
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How could a forest grow on mountain that is surrounded by a desert?
Mountains have a higher elevation than a desert and are able to receive considerably more precipitation than the lowlands surrounding them. Therefore, the mountain can support greater vegetation.
How could a forest grow in a mountain surrounded by a desert?
Since everybody who asks this question seems to get the same answer, and because I honestly cannot explain it anymore better, I'll just post this: When horizontal flowing air encounters a mountain, it is forced upward by the mountain slope. It cools as it expands due to the lower air pressure at altitude. Sometimes it cools enough that it can no longer hold the water vapor it contains. The vapor, then, condenses to form clouds, and if enough is present, precipitation. The essential processes are the physical deflection of the air to higher altitudes and the reduction in air pressure which causes cooling.
How did being surrounded by desert benefit Egypt?
Being surrounded by deserts benefited Egypt in that no one could not conquer or attack them.
What type of desert is the UAE?
Predominantly a sandy desert although there are portions which could be classified as "rocky desert", but probably less than 5%Clarification:It is surrounded by a hot desert.
What needs more water a rain forest plant or a desert plant?
you have answered your own question, a rain forest plant could not survive in the desert due to lack of water
How could a forest grow on a mountain that is surrounded by desert?
The first answer posted above is close, but not quite correct. When horizontal flowing air encounters a mountain, it is forced upward by the mountain slope. It cools as it expands due to the lower air pressure at altitude. Sometimes it cools enough that it can no longer hold the water vapor it contains. The vapor, then, condenses to form clouds, and if enough is present, precipitation. The essential processes are the physical deflection of the air to higher altitudes and the reduction in air pressure which causes cooling.
Could desert pavement be found in a forest?
Desert pavement would not occur in a forest as the roots of plants help stabilize the soil preventing the erosion that causes desert pavement..Desert pavement would not occur in a forest as the roots of plants help stabilize the soil preventing the erosion that causes desert pavement.
What is the opposite of forest?
A jungle is one of many different types of habitat/landscape.... and all others are equally valid as 'opposites' for it..... prairie, coastal plain, desert.... they all have something which a jungle does not.
What type of biome are found in Arizona?
I think it could be found in a tundra. Or try a deciduous forest.
Forest habitat to become a desert?
If a forest habitat were to turn into a desert, it could be due to factors like deforestation, climate change, or degradation of the soil. Trees and plant life would struggle to survive in the arid conditions, leading to a loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. This transformation would have cascading effects on wildlife, water availability, and local communities that rely on the forest for resources.
What US state could a person visit to see a temperate deciduous fores surrounded by saltwater on 3 sides?
One option could be Maryland, as the state is surrounded by the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, which could provide the setting for a temperate deciduous forest near saltwater.
Does south Korea rainforests?
Out here there is a mix of jungle type foliage and pine forest - especially up in the mountains. It's interesting, if you go up one side of a mountain it will be all pine forest, but coming down the other side of the same mountain could be more jungle type foliage.
