Rain Shadows: How Mountains Make Deserts
From Chile's Atacama to California's Death Valley, many of the world's driest deserts sit directly behind towering mountain ranges. This post explains the science of orographic lift and rain shadows,…
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From Chile's Atacama to California's Death Valley, many of the world's driest deserts sit directly behind towering mountain ranges. This post explains the science of orographic lift and rain shadows,…