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Geography AS Level: Hot Arid Environments

Can I have some help with the causes of aridity-specifically, cold ocean currents. How do they cause aridity?
Also Coriolis effect? what is it etc.

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Original post by Xphoenix

Can I have some help with the causes of aridity-specifically, cold ocean currents. How do they cause aridity?
Also Coriolis effect? what is it etc.

Cold ocean currents cause aridity because they cool the wind which blows over them. Cool air is less able to retain moisture than warm air, so very little rain falls in areas near to cold ocean currents. The low rainfall therefore leads to aridity.

The Coriolis effect refers to the deflection of wind currents as a result of the Earth's rotation.