The leeward side of the mountain is the side of the mountain that is covered by wind and you may notice that that side is drier than the windward side, which is the side that faces the incoming wind.
Now the leeward side temperature increases from top to bottom because when the air goes up the mountain from the windward side, it loses most of its moisture. So by the time the air goes down the leeward side, it lacks moisture and heats up as it loses even more moisture going down. This is called the rain shadow effect.
<span>Being one of the greatest mountain range, Himalayas divide mainland China from the Middle East, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the elevated plateau in Central and East Asia. It’s highest peak is placed between Nepal and China which is called Mount Everest - Earth's highest mountain. According to its dimension and the areas which this structure embraces, Himalayas are one of the physical features that keep China as an isolated country.
The Japanese archipelago consists of 6,852 islands but some of them (because of close geographical position and small dimension) are united so that you usually may come across the couple of islands that defined as a whole one. Due to this fact, the most suitable approximate number for this case is 3000, as most of the previous number contains small and inhabited islands.
The climate of Gobi Desert is famous for its rapid and incredible changes of temperature during seasons. These changes are caused by wind blowing from the Siberian Steppes that makes this cold desert totally extreme. The temperature on Gobi ranges from −40 °C or −40 °F in winter to 45 °C or 113 °F in summer. The most unbelievable thing is that this temperature can vary within twenty four hours instead of seasonal periods. So the is 'Extremely cold winters and blistering hot summers'.
Japan is the island nation in Eastern Asia that embraces nearly 6850 islands forming the country. This huge archipelago consists of wide range of small islands including four main ones, which are : Hokkaido,
Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Honshu is the the largest island where the capital city is situated.
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Answer: The volcano popocatepetl is in Mexico.
