The picture depicts the creation of a specific type of desert called a rain-shadow.
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it is clear that
there are 7 stages in the formation of the Rain-shadow desert. Starting with the winds from the sea and finishing along the Inland, crossing thousands of kilometres.
In stages 1 to 5,the wind approaches the coast , and it pushes the slope upwards, as it carries moisture, which is cooled down , and it creates clouds Linking Words
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the Windward side pushes them towards the peak. There, it drops in the form of rain to the leeward side of the mountain.
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Finally
, in stages 6 and 7 and after creating rain, dry air is formed. Linking Words
By contrast
with the first step, the air is pushed downwards on the leeward side of the mountain. Dry winds reach the Inland. The desert is called a rain-shadow because it is created by rain falling at the peak of the mountain.Linking Words