Mountain Rainfall and Weather Cycle Illustration #3691057 (License: Personal Use)

This simplified diagram illustrates orographic precipitation: moist air is forced upward by a mountain barrier, cooling adiabatically until water vapor condenses into clouds and falls as rain on the windward slope. The leeward side remains drier, often forming a rain shadow. Evergreen trees thrive on the wet side, while the sun continues shining overhead.

Used in educational science pages, geography lessons, or climate explainers to demonstrate how topography influences local weather patterns and precipitation distribution.