Title: Rainshadow effect Contact: Laurie O'Keefe Description: Moist onshore winds forced up by mountains create precipitation on windward slopes. As the winds descend on the leeward slopes, little moisture is left and results in creating a rain shadow effect - a region of low rainfall downwind of a mountain. Keywords: rainshadow, weather, mountain, rainfall, desert, precipitation, geology Media: Color Categories: Child/Youth, Nature, Science Subject(s): Geology, Ecosystem, Editorial, Landscape, Processes, Storybook Displaying image 1667 of 2587. Gallery of Laurie O'Keefe Email Laurie O'Keefe about this image. Copyright 2005 Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. This image is available for purchase, but with some restrictions on reuse: May not be reused in any school market. Please review the Comp. Usage Agreement before downloading this image. To email this image to someone else, copy and paste this address: http://www.science-art.com/image.asp?id=2164&m=0