What are some examples of rain shadows?

Answer 1

The lee side of any mountain range.

When humid air rises up a mountainside, it cools and eventually reaches a temperature where condensation forms (the colder the air, the less water vapor it can hold, or 100% relative humidity). As the air rises further, more condensation forms and the mixing ratio, or the total amount of water in the air, decreases (the relative humidity remains at 100%). This process creates a rain shadow.

The sinking air warms, condensation stops, and the relative humidity begins to drop (the air can no longer hold 100% of the water vapor it can) at this location because the relative humidity is dropping so much that precipitation is not occurring. Eventually, the air mass reaches the top and begins moving down the lee side.

This is what happens to the lee of the Rocky Mountains where I live. It also creates a strong, dry, warm wind known as a Chinook that blows down the lee side of the mountains.

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Answer 2

Some examples of rain shadows include the Great Basin in the United States, the Atacama Desert in Chile, and the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.

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When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.

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