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What term is used to identify the land on the side of a mountain or hill that receives little percipition due to the lack of moist air?
The term is Rain Shadow.
What is the dry area on the side of a mountain that faces away from the wind?
Leeward - the moisture gets wrung out on the windward side when the air is forced to rise and cool and condense into clouds and precipitation. There isn't much left for the leeward side, particularly given that the air tends to sink.
What mountain cause the rain shadow in the Andes?
The Andes are the second tallest mountain range on Earth. Together, the mountains block warm moist air from the east, forcing the rain out of it before the air passes to the west side of the mountains. It is not a single mountain, but all the mountains together that are responsible for the rain shadow.
What is a rain shadow how does it affect interior regions?
A rain shadow is a region on the leeward side of a mountain where the air descends and warms, inhibiting cloud formation and precipitation. This results in drier conditions in the interior regions, as the moisture in the air is depleted before reaching these areas.
Only one color but not one size Stuck at the bottom yet easily flies Present in sun but not in the rain Doing no harm feeling no pain?
A shadow!
Which is the term for the leafy of treetops in a forest Rain shadow or canopy?
Rain shadow
What is meant by the term 'ecological shadow'?
no
What is a sentence using the term rain shadow?
The rain shadow of the Himalayas makes the Tibetan Plateau comparatively dry. The high mountains blocked the clouds, creating a rain shadow for the valleys to the east.
Where would one normally find a rain shadow?
A rain shadow is a term commonly used to describe the area on the back side of a mountainous area. A rain shadow is caused by mountains being high enough to block the passage of rain-producing weather which casts a "shadow of dryness" behind them.
What does rain shadow effect?
The rain shadow equals rain
What does rain shadow effect explained?
The rain shadow equals rain
What is an example of a rain shadow?
Death Valley is a rain shadow desert in the U.S. It is in the rain shadow effect of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Does an area that lies in a rain shadow receive more rain or less rain than an area that is not in a rain shadow?
The area in a rainshadow receives less rain than a similar area not in a rain shadow.
What word is the area behind a mountain which receives little rain?
A rain shadow.
What is meant by floods?
The term "floods" is heaps of rain. It literally make the town a river
What is a sentence with the word rain shadow?
easy, the rain shadow effects mountains
What is less rainfall on one side of a mountain call?
rain shadow
