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How Do Land-Forms Affect Climate?

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The land-forms of the earth interact with the atmosphere in several ways. You only need to think about mountains as an example:

If a mountain is tall enough, it can affect the formation and distribution of rain, wind direction, and temperature.

How land-forms like mountains affect climate
Tall mountains can block sunlight from reaching large areas of land, due to the shadows that they cast. This can have a notable impact on climate.

The term 'orographic lifting' is used to describe the way mountains force air upwards - and the implications that this process has on climate are significant.

When air is pushed upwards by a landform, it begins cooling and saturating. This is the reason why one side of a mountain usually receives far more rain than the other.

The dry area that a mountain creates is often referred to as an example of the 'rainshadow effect', because rain is less frequent on land 'downwind' from a mountain.

Land-forms like mountain ranges also create breezes and wind-funnels, and these can have a direct impact on air pressure.

With wind rising and cooling between slopes and rises, this can cause a fluctuation between high and low air pressure that can impact the climate of an entire region.

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Anonymous answered
Landforms can affect things such as rainfall, temperature and sunlight exposure.

For example, think of a mountain: The mountain would cast a shadow affecting sunlight in those areas, also it might prevent rain from reaching the other side
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The following can affect the climate in Europe:

Mountains: Rainfall and wind.

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