{"id":160083,"date":"2022-01-09T16:21:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T10:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=160083"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:30:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T12:00:20","slug":"answered-briefly-mention-the-alignment-of-major-mountain-ranges-of-the-world-and-explain-their-impact-on-local-weather-conditions-with-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-briefly-mention-the-alignment-of-major-mountain-ranges-of-the-world-and-explain-their-impact-on-local-weather-conditions-with-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Briefly mention the alignment of major mountain ranges of the world and explain their impact on local weather conditions, with examples."},"content":{"rendered":"

A mountain range is a sequential\u202f<\/span>chain of mountains or hills with similarity in alignment<\/span><\/b>. The major mountain ranges of the World\u202f<\/span>include, the Himalayas,\u202f<\/span><\/b>The\u202f<\/span>Alps\u202f<\/span><\/b>mountain\u202frange,<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/b>The\u202f<\/span>Atlas<\/span><\/b>\u202fmountain\u202frange,<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/b>the\u202f<\/span>Andes<\/span><\/b>\u202fmountain\u202frange and the<\/span>\u202fRocky\u202f<\/span><\/b>mountain\u202franges.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The alignment of these ranges and their impact on local weather condition can be seen as:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A. The Himalayas<\/span><\/b>:\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Himalayas extend for a\u202f<\/span>2500 km from west to east, in an arc shaped manner.\u202f<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. They protect the Indian subcontinent from the\u202f<\/span>frigid, dry winds blowing from the Tibetan plateau.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. It acts as\u202f<\/span>barrier for monsoon winds<\/span><\/b>, causing rainfall in India, it also is responsible for the for the T<\/span>aklamakan and Gobi Desert as they fall in the rain shadow area.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    B. The Alps<\/span><\/b>:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. It is the highest mountain range system of Europe, s<\/span>tretching for 1200 km, west to east, across 8 alpine countries<\/span><\/b>, such as: France, Switzerland, Italy etc.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. It influences\u202f<\/span>precipitation patterns, in South Europe and Eurasia.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Alps\u00a0influence presence and direction of local winds like, Foehn, Mistral etc.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      C. The Atlas<\/span><\/b>:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. The Atlas Mountain range stretches\u202f<\/span>through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia in a South West to North East direction.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. It separates the\u202f<\/span>Mediterranean region from the Sahara Desert.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. It causes\u202f<\/span>high rainfall<\/span><\/b>\u202fin the region between them and the Mediterranean Sea by\u202f<\/span>capturing the moisture laden winds<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      4. They also act as a\u202f<\/span>rain shadow, preventing the rainfall in the desert region of Sahara.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        D. The Andes<\/span><\/b>:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. They are the l<\/span>ongest continental mountain ranges\u202f<\/span><\/b>in the world.\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        2. They extend from\u202f<\/span>North to South through seven South American countries.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        3. The north, east and the South West part of the<\/span>\u202fAndes is rainy and moist.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        4. Andes acts as the<\/span>\u202frain shadow for the Atacama Desert.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          E. The Rockies:<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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          1. Rockies extend from the\u202f<\/span>northernmost part of British Columbia to New Mexico in Southwestern United States.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
          2. The size and locale play important part in\u202f<\/span>formation of warm snow-eater\u202fChinhook\u202fwinds.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
          3. Rockies capture the\u202f<\/span>moisture laden winds from the Pacific and cause ample rainfall in its windward side<\/span><\/b>, while giving a\u202f<\/span>rain-shadow effect to the deserts<\/span><\/b>\u202fin Southwest North America.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Mountain ranges play an important role in\u202f<\/span>influencing the local weather patterns<\/span><\/b>\u202fand\u202f<\/span>lifestyles of the people<\/span><\/b>. For this reason, they are important for not only\u202f<\/span>the geography<\/span><\/b>\u202fbut also the various\u202f<\/span>cultural and economic factors.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            A mountain range is a sequential\u202fchain of mountains or hills with similarity in alignment. The major mountain ranges of the World\u202finclude, the Himalayas,\u202fThe\u202fAlps\u202fmountain\u202frange,\u202fThe\u202fAtlas\u202fmountain\u202frange,\u202fthe\u202fAndes\u202fmountain\u202frange and the\u202fRocky\u202fmountain\u202franges.\u202f\u00a0 The alignment of these ranges and their impact on local weather condition can be seen as:\u202f\u00a0 A. The Himalayas:\u202f\u202f\u00a0 Himalayas extend for a\u202f2500 km from west to east, in an… Continue reading [Answered] Briefly mention the alignment of major mountain ranges of the world and explain their impact on local weather conditions, with examples.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10308,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10606],"class_list":["post-160083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-mains-2021-gs-1-solutions","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":1407,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1703663361},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}