2006-07-23 23:09:04 · 3 answers · asked by akshboobna 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
I'm not sure that France and Ghana fit that theory, but I'd agree for much of North and South Amercia.
The Pacific Plate is subducting under those continents' plates.
That makes for some impressive coast ranges and those mountain ranges take the moisture out* of the humid oceanic air as it heads inland.
The resulting dry air causes low-humidity, generally cloud-free and therefore, hot places where transpo-evaporation exceeds rainfall (i.e. a desert).
*Air forced over mountain ranges gets cooler (about 3.5F per 1000 feet) and when it reaches its dew point, loses moisture as rain or snow. When the air goes down the other side, it gains about 5F per 1000 feet, ending up hotter and much drier than it started when over the ocean.
2006-07-24 02:08:25 · answer #1 · answered by David in Kenai 6 · 14⤊ 4⤋
as Paris Hilton would say.... that's hot.
2006-07-24 07:44:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
global warming dude......
2006-07-24 07:13:54 · answer #3 · answered by r55soriano 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋