Why Are There Few or No Deserts Within 5 Degrees

question 11

Multiple Choice

Why are there few or no deserts within 5 degrees latitude of the equator,even though this latitude averages the highest amount of sunlight of any latitiude on Earth?

• A) because the equator itself crosses almost no land masses
• B) because the Amazon, Nile, Congo and Mekong rivers carry sufficient water to stabilize lands at these latitudes
• C) because warm air rises up from the Earth at the equator, and hence rainfall is high
• D) because cool air from the upper atmosphere sinks down to the land or sea surface at these latitudes

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