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PostSubject: Re: Orographic effects   Orographic effects EmptyMon Jan 17, 2011 8:20 am


In Hawaii, Mount Waiʻaleʻale, on the island of Kauai, is notable for its extreme rainfall, as it has the second highest average annual rainfall on Earth, with 460 inches (12,000 mm).[37] Systems known as Kona storms affect the state with heavy rains between October and April.[38] Local climates vary considerably on each island due to their topography, divisible into windward (Koʻolau) and leeward (Kona) regions based upon location relative to the higher mountains. Windward sides face the east to northeast trade winds and receive much more rainfall; leeward sides are drier and sunnier, with less rain and less cloud cover.[39]

In South America, the Andes mountain range blocks Pacific moisture that arrives in that continent, resulting in a desertlike climate just downwind across western Argentina.[40] The Sierra Nevada range creates the same effect in North America forming the Great Basin and Mojave Deserts.[41][42]
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