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<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>
It would be Britain and Russia
Climate is the temperature of your location, Weather is like tornadoes, thunder storms, etc.
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Weathering is described as a passive agent of landform development because it is not directly affecting it.
The one that directly affect the landform are wind, water movement, and tectonic activities. Weathering only affect the formation of these factors.