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Orographic lift
occurs when an air m**** is
forced from a low
elevation to a
higher elevation as it
moves over
rising terrain.: 162 As the air m**** gains...
- When a river's
tributaries or
settlements by the
river are
listed in '
orographic sequence', they are in
order from the
highest (nearest the
source of the...
- more intense, and of
shorter duration, than
stratiform precipitation.
Orographic precipitation occurs when
moist air is
forced upwards over
rising terrain...
-
usually higher in the
hills and
coastal slopes of the
mountains because of
orographic uplift.
Summer days are
usually rainless. Rarely, an
incursion of moist...
- with
Russian 1:200,000
scale topographic mapping as well as
Jerzy Wala,
Orographical Sketch Map: Karakoram:
Sheets 1 & 2,
Swiss Foundation for
Alpine Research...
-
climatic zones can be separated,
according to
geographical situation and
orographic conditions: The
Mediterranean climate is
characterised by warm/hot and...
- When air m****es move up and over mountains, the air cools,
producing orographic precipitation (rain or snow). As the air
descends on the
leeward side...
- of the
eastern Idukki district receive more than 5,000 mm (197 in) of
orographic precipitation: the
highest in the state. In
eastern Kerala, a
drier tropical...
- The main
valleys of the Alps,
orographically by
drainage basin. High
Rhine Aare
Limmat Linth (Glarus) Lake
Walen Seeztal Klöntal
Sernftal Reuss Lake Lucerne...
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Mechanisms of
producing precipitation include convective, stratiform, and
orographic rainfall.
Convective processes involve strong vertical motions that can...