2006-10-03 12:21:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The windward side... not the lee side.
The moisture is squeezed as the air moves towards the mountain, causing the rain to fall. After the airmass passes the mountain and can expand again, the relative humidity drops and no rain falls.
I live on the front range of the Rockies. We get very little rain because the clouds are all dried out from raining on the western slope (near Grand Junction, CO, for example)
2006-10-03 12:27:30 · answer #1 · answered by andalucia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The side the wind is blowing FROM. As the air is forced to rise over the mountain, water vapor is chilled and forced to condense back into water droplets, thus rain. Often times you will find desert like biomes on the "downwind" side of mountains, since the precipitation has been milked out of the clouds already.
2006-10-03 19:27:47 · answer #2 · answered by powhound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to say the topside. Not too much precipitation falls on the underside of a mountain.
2006-10-03 19:23:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
percipatation means rain or snow
so I'd say, the part under the cloud level
2006-10-03 19:26:14 · answer #4 · answered by upf_geelong 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All over, my son.
2006-10-03 19:30:42 · answer #5 · answered by Donald W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋