Place the correct word in each sentence to review the effect of topography on cl
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Question
Place the correct word in each sentence to review the effect of topography on climate. One type of topographical feature of the Earth that affects climate is the presence of semidesert. When air currents encounter a mountain, air is forced upward and cooled, causing its moisture-holding capacity to less. Thus, the windward side of a mountain receives more precipitation than the leeward side. As air cools and descends on the leeward side, it picks up moisture and produces relatively calm and dry weather. For example, the Sierra Nevada range in the United States is lush and full of plant life on the windward western side. The leeward side, or eastern range, is a mountains with little or no rain during the year.Explanation / Answer
1) One type of topographic feature of the Earth that affects climate is the presence of MOUNTAINS
2) When air currents encounter a mountaib, air is forced upward and cooled, causing its moisture holding capacity to DECREASE
3)Thus, the windward side of the mountain receives MORE precipitation than the leeward side.
4) As air cools and descends on the leeward side it picks up MOISTURE and produces relatively calm and dry weather
5) For example, the Sierra Nevada range in the United States is lush and full of plant life on the windward side. The leewrd side or the eastern range is a SEMI-DESERT with little or no rain during the year.