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What kind of environments can you find in North America?
North America has a range of climates, including desert, subtropical, temperate, coastal, subarctic, arctic, steppe, tundra, mountain, woodland, and grassland. In fact, the only climates NOT represented in North America (unless you count Hawaii) are tropical, and rain forest.
Wheat farms in eastern Washington state lie in the rain shadow of what mountain range?
Cascade Mountain Range.
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.
More rain falls on the side of a mountain range?
windward
Where have rain shadows formed deserts?
The rainshadow effect is what creates deserts to the east of mountain ranges in the northern hemisphere. Because our weather systems move basically from west to east, when a storm hits a mountain range the air is forced to rise over the mountain. When air rises, it cools, condenses and most of the moisture falls as rain or snow. By the time the system gets over the mountain there isn't enough moisture left to cause rain, so you get a desert on that side of the mountain.
What is the range of a puma?
Cougars are found in a wide variety of habitats from taiga in northern Canada all the way south into the rain forests of South America. For a map of the cougar's range, click on this link.
What mountain in Australia keeps rain from getting to the outback?
There is no single mountain that stops rain getting to the Australian outback. However, the Great Dividing Range is an extensive and complex mountain range which runs down the eastern seaboard of the continent from Cape York in Queensland right down to Victoria, including its western regions. This mounatin range is responsible for stopping a lot of rain from penetrating into the inlanc.
More rain generally falls on what side of a mountain range.?
Windward _ _ _apexvs (:
Is it true that the land on the leeward side of a mountain range is in a range shadow?
It is called a rain shadow, and is true. It can be wetter on the prevailing windward side and drier on the lee side of a mountain range.
Which region of America receives more rain annually the north or the south?
North
Are the rain forest of central America found north or south of the equator?
All of Central America is north of the Equator.
What does the rain shadow effect explain?
The rain shadow effect occurs when moist air is forced to rise over a mountain range, causing it to cool and release precipitation on the windward side of the mountain. As the air descends on the leeward side, it becomes warmer and drier, creating a rain shadow where little precipitation falls. This results in a contrast in vegetation and climate on either side of the mountain range.
