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Fill in the blanks to complete each statement about how mountains affect precipitation.

Coastal mountains force cool, moist air from oceans to rise as it moves toward land. Clouds form, and precipitation falls on the ________
side of the mountain. On the ________
side of the mountain, very little precipitation falls.

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MITCHELL42IN

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Coastal mountains force cool, moist air from oceans to rise as it moves toward land. Clouds form, and precipitation falls on the windward

side of the mountain. On the Leeward

side of the mountain, very little precipitation falls

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Coastal mountains force cool, moist air from oceans to rise as it moves toward land. Clouds form, and precipitation falls on the windward side of the mountain. On the leeward side of the mountain, very little precipitation falls.

Formation of precipitation

Precipitation is a form of moisture released from the clouds which can be in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

At the mountain areas, because rising air cools and condenses, precipitation is heaviest on the windward side of a mountain, where the air is rising.

Very little precipitation occurs at the leeward side of the mountain because air is descending on the leeward side of the mountain, and descending air is warmer.

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