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  2. Rain shadow - Wikipedia

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    A rain shadow is an area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side. Evaporated moisture from water bodies (such as oceans and large lakes ) is carried by the prevailing onshore breezes towards the drier and hotter inland areas.

  3. Climate of Azerbaijan - Wikipedia

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    Azerbaijan is situated on the northern extremity of the subtropical zone, in the southeastern part of the Caucasus and the northwestern part of the Iranian plateau.The complicated geographical location and landscape, the proximity of the Caspian Sea, the effect of the sun's radiation, air masses of different origin, etc., contribute to its climatological diversity.

  4. Baku - Wikipedia

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    Baku, and the Absheron Peninsula on which it is situated, is the most arid part of Azerbaijan (precipitation here is around or less than 200 mm (8 in) a year). This is largely due to the rain shadow effect from the Caucasus Mountains, with corresponding latitudes on the Black Sea on average receiving 2,300 mm (91 in) or more. The majority of ...

  5. Natural resources of Azerbaijan - Wikipedia

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    Azerbaijan is a country with very favorable natural conditions and rich natural resources. Snowy peaks, high mountains, foothill fertile soils, wide plains, Lowest Land Points Below Ocean Level are the main landscape forms of the republic.

  6. Azerbaijan - Wikipedia

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    Azerbaijan, [a] officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, [b] is a transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. [10] It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south.

  7. Geography of Azerbaijan - Wikipedia

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    Azerbaijan map of Köppen climate classification zones. Azerbaijan is a country in the Caucasus region, situated at the juncture of Eastern Europe and West Asia.Three physical features dominate Azerbaijan: the Caspian Sea, whose shoreline forms a natural boundary to the east; the Greater Caucasus mountain range to the north; and the extensive flatlands at the country's center. [1]

  8. List of waterfalls in Azerbaijan - Wikipedia

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    About 14.8 meters in height, Khudger is located in Shaki District of Azerbaijan. The waterfall has been listed by Aghabalayev Qafqaz and Rahimov Yusif in 2018 during scientific research on the Kish River.

  9. Lake-effect rain - Wikipedia

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    Lake-effect rain clouds over the Iranian Caspian coast (June 2016) Lake-effect rain, or bay-effect rain, is the liquid equivalent of lake-effect snow, where the rising air results in a transfer of warm air and moisture from a lake into the predominant colder air, resulting in a fast buildup of clouds and rainfall downwind of the lake. [1]