Tropical Wet and Dry Climates

question 33

Multiple Choice

Tropical wet and dry climates

• A)usually cluster near the equator.
• B)owe much of the seasonal changes in precipitation to the shifting of the Hadley cell.
• C)can suffer from floods, but not drought.
• D)have little variability in precipitation from year to year.

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