Precipitation is moisture falling to the ground in the form of rain, snow or ice. Mountains have two major effects called the orographic effect, which causes clouds and precipitation to form on one side of the mountain, and the rain shadow effect, which is a drier area on the opposite side...
How do clouds form? You can see how much you understand about cloud formation using the worksheet and quiz. Quiz & Worksheet Goals Take the quiz to see what you know about: How heat turns boiling water into gas When water evaporates into the sky to form clouds ...
Learn how the Andes Mountains block warm moist air, causing persistent heavy rainfall on their eastern slopes that feeds the Amazon River. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Learn how the Andes Mountains block warm moist air, causing heavy rainfall that feeds the Amazon River How do clouds flo...
Before things got underway, everyone in the auditorium was presented with a visitor declaration form/waiver, basically stating that if you die it’s not their fault and not to do anything profoundly dumb. A moment of unseen clarity/anxiety attack before signing the waiver The next thirty minut...
Oceanological gas bags believe that a rift caused the Tsunami in the Malaccan Strait on Christmas 2005. As I wrote to Kate Moran a Rhode Island oceanagrapher, there are only three possible ways to form a Tsunami and a rift in the ocean isn't one of them as that can never do more tha...
valley,elongate depression of the Earth's surface. Valleys are most commonly drained by rivers and may occur in a relatively flat plain or between ranges of hills or mountains. Do all valleys have rivers? Valleys are either U-shaped or V-shaped and their shape and type is characterized by ...
On a weekday morning that normally would have been spent chained to a desk, I mounted my bike for the first time in months and began pedaling toward the Santa Monica Mountains. Soon I was ascending Topanga Canyon, and as the sun rose into the clear blue skies above the ridgeline, I sp...
How mountains make their own climate? Mass, who is a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington, says the physical structure of mountains can create their own weather systems, causedby the way air flows around them. ... Clouds form because as the air rises, it tends ...
If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying. — Matthew Quick 154 In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the roug...
Clouds of fear impair my sight, Doubt upon the source— Trying hard to do what’s right, Help me stay on course. I will always be there to light your way. Keeper of my lighthouse, know You are in control; Lead me from this gloom of night— ...