SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The side on which it rains on a mountain is called the Windward side. The side on which it remains rainless and dry is called the Leeward side. It is also called the rain-shadow area.

Detailed explanation-2: -A rain shadow is a patch of land that has been forced to become a desert because mountain ranges blocked all plant-growing, rainy weather. On one side of the mountain, wet weather systems drop rain and snow. On the other side of the mountain-the rain shadow side-all that precipitation is blocked.

Detailed explanation-3: -In contrast to the moist windward side of a mountain, the leeward side typically has a dry, warm climate. This is because by the time air rises up the windward side and reaches the summit, it has already been stripped of the majority of its moisture.