Question

Imagine you are flying high above the Earth, looking down on California. You see an area where there is a mountain range with ocean on one side and a dryland region on the other. You notice clouds on the ocean-facing side of the mountains but the sky above the dry lands is clear. If you had to pick one of those distinct areas and call it a rain shadow, which would it be

Answer 1

The land that is dry is leeward de and the land near the ocean is wet and it gets moisture laden winds

Step-by-step explanation:

• The rainshadow zone is called the leeward side of the mountain that does not get rainfall or does not face the ocean or the winds and is usually on the eastern side of mountain ranges.

• A windward side is that part of the mountain range that is in direct contact with the moisture laden winds that lead to rainfall and wetness of the region.