<span>Areas immediately to the leeward of the mountains have a microclimate with sparse precipitation called a rain shadow.
It is described as "</span><span> a patch of land that has been forced to become a </span>desert because<span> mountain ranges blocked all plant-growing, rainy </span><span>weather" On one side of the mountain the weather is wet, rainy and snowy. And on the other side (the rain shadow) there are no precipitations. </span>
The answer is
plants...
dams are man made...winds, they blows the soil away which causes erosion..rivers, they also cause erosion because when they flow, they carry the soil in the direction they r going n ump it somewhere else.
but plants, plants help breaks down soil n even makes more because the roots goes into the rocks n craks it up blah blah..and they hold the would from moving, like grasses do
I dont think my explanation was that good but I hope I helped a bit :)
Answer:
Earthquake
Explanation:
The plates shifting cause a earthquake because of the friction between the two and the moving of them.