Comments by "solomon4" (@solomon4554) on "Why East Coasts Lack Deserts (Usually)" video.

  1. Can't wait for the video on east African deserts
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  2. ​ @ForageGardener the eastern US too certainly is rain-shadowed too.
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  3. No
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  4. ​ @casualearth-dandavis if I may ask, is east and SE Australia more affected by tropical easterlies/northerlies or temperate westerlies? Or does it depend on the season? And what's the source of winter rainfall in the Cfa zones of eastern Australia?
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  5. Siberia and China are dry in winter because of the high pressure system known as the Siberia High, not because of the absence of lakes
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  6. Because winds are westerly at Patagonia's latitudes
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  7. It's not really a desert, it's semi arid
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  8. ​ @casualearth-dandavis is the video on east African deserts still coming up?
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  9. It's usually because of a rain shadow. The summer monsoon rains are prevented from reaching southeast India because of the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats mountains. When the monsoon winds reverse direction in the winter, they pick up moisture from the Bay of Bengal and dump it over southeast India and northeast Sri Lanka, hence the winter precipitation maximum.
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  10. ​ @thomasgrabkowski8283 what matters is they don't touch the coast
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  11. I don't know if this is correct or not, bud I'd also argue that we have deserts at such high latitudes in the southern hemisphere is because that hemisphere is mostly water, allowing for greater maritime moderation which prevents temperatures from dropping as low as they do at similar latitudes in the northern hemisphere, and accordingly evapotranspiration doesn't drop as low. Some subarctic areas in the north receive precipitation well below many desert areas but they are not classified as deserts because the cold temperatures always keep evapotranspiration equal to or less than precipitation.
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  12. ​ @davidz3879 Somalia is located at the crossroads of two monsoon systems: the South Asian monsoon and the West African monsoon. During the summer, the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) shifts far to the north over Asia, leaving behind east Africa and causing the trade winds to blow parallel to its shore as they get deflected to the northeast towards India due to the coriolos force. As they do, they cause upwelling, bringing deep, cold water to the surface, which further reduces precipitation. At the same time, rain-bearing trade winds off the Gulf of Guinea that bring rain to much of West Africa and the Sahel are prevented from reaching east Africa thanks to the rain-shadow effect of the Ethiopian Highlands and the African Rift Mountains. Lastly, the northeast monsoon flow during winter is largely over land, meaning there's little moisture for the winds to pick up. Hope this helps.
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  13. New Zealand is in the middle latitudes. This video I specifically about subtropical deserts.
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  14. I'd take dry heat over humid heat any day
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