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Articles related to "Mountain Meteorology"
The Other Side of the Mountain: Rainshadows Mountain ranges have a major impact on moist air moving over them. On the windward side, upsloping air leads to a region of heavy precipitation near the summits. But in the descent on the ridge lee, descending air and decreased precipitation forms what we term the rainshadow. weather • meteorology • rainshadow • mountain meteorology • mountain weather |
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