Question

The Mojave Desert lies to the east of the coastal and Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Deserts in Chile lie to the west of the Andes Mountains. Both the California and the Andes mountains run along the west coast of their respective continents. What contributes to one desert being located on the east side of its neighboring mountain range, while the other is located on the west side of its neighboring mountain range?

Answer 1

plate tectonics and climatic force.

Step-by-step explanation:

• The Mojave desert is on the eastern side of the coast and is a rain shadow desert driest part of the North America found in southeastern California see in southeastern Nevada. And s border the great desert basin in the north and presence of the numerous ranges, basin lakes and pans are formed by the geologic crustal thinning that has created open valleys.

• Similar the Atacama desert of the plateau region in south America contains of 1000 km of the lands and receive less rainfall, which accounts for a 105,000 km square. And the desert has a low relief similar to the giant uplifted traces and intermediate depression.