When people speak of the "rain shadow" of the Organ Mountains (the mountains east of Las Cruces, NM), they are referring to the
A) shadow cast by the mist and clouds that hover above the crest of the range.
B) forested condition of the western side of the range compared to the eastern side.
C) dark-colored chaparral vegetation that grows on the eastern side.
D) fact that the vegetation of the bottom of the mountains stays green further into the summer as it is shaded by the tops of the mountains.
E) fact that air currents come from the east and moisture is dropped on the east side of the mountains, leaving less moisture on the west side of the mountains.
Answer: E) fact that air currents come from the east and moisture is dropped on the east side of the mountains, leaving less moisture on the west side of the mountains.
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