What Is the Cause of the Patagonian Desert

question 62

Multiple Choice

What is the cause of the Patagonian desert?

• A)rainshadow from onshore south Pacific westerlies and high elevations of the Andes
• B)major river diversion of Rio de Plata for irrigation in northern Argentina
• C)subtropical high from descending limb of the Tropic of Capricorn's Hadley cell
• D)permanent high pressure and dry south polar easterlies

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