On Caribbean islands with mountains, the windward slopes facing the trade winds force air upward, causing rainfall. As a result,
areas immediately to the leeward of the mountains have a microclimate with sparse precipitation called a/an A. drought shadow.
B. ENSO.
C. rain shadow.
D. slope shadow.
Areas immediately to the leeward of mountains have a microclimate with sparse precipitation called a C. rain shadow. As moist air moves landward, it will hit the mountain, which will force the air to move up. As moist air moves higher, it becomes cooler and thus releases its moisture thereby causing rainfall. Once what's left of the clouds passes over the top of the mountain, its moisture has been lost and a rain shadow is formed.
The figurative use of cradle is
used to mean "the place or region in which anything is nurtured or
sheltered in its earlier stage" – such that the term cradle of civilization means the place where
civilization was first nurtured and sheltered is true.
The feeding habits of the society will change. The society will generally start moving away from eating raw oyster to embracing cooked oysters. In addition , people in the society will shun eating the oysters during the warm months of April and November and therefore fishing for the oysters during these months may decline.
