Rain shadow
By: by James R. Newton ; illustrated by Susan Bonners.
Contributors: Bonners, Susan, ill.
Publisher: Crowell
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Rain shadows -- Juvenile literature.; Rain shadows.; Rain and rainfall.; Weather -- Effect of mountains on.
Description: Explains how the "rain shadow," or dry environment, develops on the leeward side of many high mountain ranges, and contrasts it with the rain forest, or wetter environment, on the windward side.