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Re:Appalachian Balds by lisper on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @06:42PM (#20219187)
The mountains on the west cause a lot of moisture in the air to precipitate out as the prevailing winds blow from the west, so they get a lot more rain than the eastern ranges.
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Re:Appalachian Balds by AlotOfReading on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:28PM (#20220331)
Not only is it drier, but the Diablo range is heavily overgrazed. If it weren't, it'd be the same chaparral woodland you can still see around calaveras dam.
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