The Highest Rainfall in the World Occurs in an Area

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Multiple Choice

The highest rainfall in the world occurs in an area whose rainfall is generated by

• A)advectional cooling of air masses over cold ocean currents.
• B)radiative cooling of cold,moist air.
• C)convectional uplift of warm,moist air.
• D)orographic uplift of warm,moist air.

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