The Highest Rainfall in the World Occurs in an Area

question 67

Multiple Choice

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

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

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