Rainshadow Deserts Are Common in the Lee of Major Mountain

question 32

Multiple Choice

Rainshadow deserts are common in the lee of major mountain ranges such as in .

• A) the dry valleys of the Okanagan and farther south in eastern California and Nevada
• B) north central Africa
• C) Europe north of the Alps
• D) vast, dry, steppe lands like the Great Plains and central America

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