The side of a mountain or hill facing the wind.
the windward side gets lot of rainfall
The opposite of leeward is windward, which refers to the direction from which the wind is coming. Windward is on the side of a ship, aircraft, or object facing the wind.
The windward side of the boat is the side of the boat that the wind is hitting. the other side of the boat that is sheltered from the wind is the Leeward side. In other words ... the windward side of the boat is the side that is closest to the source of the wind.
Tokyo is in leeward slope.
It is the sloped side of a mountain that is colder and gets more rain. Why? Because the leeward side is the opposite of the windward side and is also dryer because when the clouds climb the mountain range (windward side) they loses all their water so there is none left for the leeward side.
The ships drifted west, leaving the island quite a distance to windward. Cut her slightly more to windward, bosun. We'll round this buoy to windward.
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the windward islands
Windward Passages was created in 1980.
Look to Windward was created in 2000.
The Windward Road was created in 1956.
Windward School was created in 1971.
Windward Studios was created in 1994.
Windward Reports was created in 1994.
people of the windward islands do what we do for fun
Look to Windward has 357 pages.
The Windward Road has 277 pages.