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Where can a rain shadow area form?

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Correct answer: On the leeward side of a mountain

Direct answer: B, on the leeward side of a mountain. To understand this, imagine moist air approaching a mountain. The air is forced to rise along the windward slope. As it rises, it expands and cools; water vapour condenses, clouds form, and much of the moisture falls as rain. After crossing the mountain, the air descends on the opposite, leeward slope. Descending air is compressed and becomes warmer and drier, so that side receives much less rainfall. The relatively dry area behind the mountain is called a rain shadow. A is wrong because a river does not by itself create this mountain-related rainfall pattern. C is wrong because the rain shadow is a surface region, not a place above a cloud. D is impossible because the Sun is not part of Earth’s weather system. Memory cue: windward is wetter; leeward lies in the rain shadow.

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Rain-ShadowLeeward-SlopeOrographic-RainfallMountainsClouds And PrecipitationWater In The AtmosphereGeographyClass 12 Mcq

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