how does the presence of mountain ranges affect the climate of a prticular place?

Answer 1

All over the world, wherever mountains are there they play an important role in influencing the climate of that place.For example, The Himalayas in India obstruct and deflect the southwest monsoon winds during the period June to September bringing heavy rain to the north and northeast India . A stretch of more than 1500 Kms along the southern side of the mountain are benefitted by it.The ganges river is fed by the ice and snow formed over the Himalayas.Further the cold winds from north are blocked by it during the winter preventing the extereme cold conditions in North India.Another mountain range called Western ghats along the western side of the peninsular India block the humid southwest winds during the southwest monsoon season and cause rain along the western side depriving the eastern side from getting any rain.Moreover the strong southwest winds are forced to ascend along the western slope of the mountains with the result air turbulance are formed on the leeward side of the mountains whch pose a great danger to overflying aircrafts sometimes.LIke this you can go on telling many effects due to various mountain ranges in many countries.The way it affects may change from place to place .That is all.

Answer 2

A really good example is to look at the Pacific Coast area of the U.S. The Sierra Nevada mountains divide California, with its legendary climate, from Nevada, with its legendary desert. And they are the cause. Go farther North and the Cascade range divides rainy Oregon from dry Eastern Oregon and Idaho where only spuds grow. The prevailing winds are West to East and the inland mountains screen off the interior states.

Answer 3

Mountains affect climate a few ways:
As elevation increases, temperature decreases.
As air rises to flow over the mountain, adiabatic cooling occurs, causing humidity to condense and fall as rain or snow (on the windward side)
As altitude increases, air pressure decreases. There is less oxygen at higher altitudes. This reduces foiliage.
Wind tends to speed up as it flows through the canyons, which creates harsher weather and hazards for pilots.

Answer 4

The mountain ranges protect the plains from excessive heat during cold season by giving of the heat of day during the night season. Same way they dissipate the heat during the summer months and make the nights terrible. This is my commonsense answer. Open for correction.

Answer 5

One factor is that it causes more rain to fall on the side of the mountain range that is toward the wind. After the air masses cross the mountain range, they have already dropped their precipitation, so it's pretty dry on that side. The dry area is called the rain shadow.

Answer 6

One side of the mountain range will be wet and a little milder, with less variation in both seasonal and day/night temperatures. The leeward side will be dryer due to downsloping, and have a dryer airmass, and thus, will have bigger temperature fluctuations.