GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Death Valley sits on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. What physical principle does this illustrate?
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El Niño
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Ocean currents
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Greenhouse effect
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Orographic effect
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Death Valley formed from orographic lifting. Orographic lifting is the process in which a parcel of air moves up the slopes of a mountain leading to its cooling.
Detailed explanation-2: -Death Valley lies on the leeward side of the Sierra Nevada range. It is hot and dry because the moisture from the Pacific is pulled out of the air as snow on top of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Death Valley is in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada range.
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