8 marksWeather, Climate, Vegetation and Soil

CSEC Geography · May/June 2010 · Paper 2 · Question 4(c)

With the aid of a diagram, explain how rain shadow areas develop.

The mark scheme is shown once you've answered.

Practise this question

Other parts of this question

4(a)Draw a cross section of a hurricane to illustrate its structure.[4 marks]
4(b)Describe FOUR layers of vegetation in tropical rainforests.[8 marks]
4(d)Explain why the temperature is usually much lower on the summit of a mountain than the surrounding lowlands.[4 marks]

More practice: the rest of this paper · more Weather, Climate, Vegetation and Soil questions · all CSEC Geography past papers