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Which of the following statements best explains best explains why a city on the windward side of a mountain gets more precipitation than one on the leeward side of the mountain ?

A.Cool, dry air descends and looses its moisture
B. Cool, dry air rises and looses its moisture
C.Warm, moist air rises and looses its moisture
D.Warm, moist air descends and looses its moisture

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Answer;

C. Warm, moist air rises and looses its moisture

Explanation;

  • The wind ward side of a mountain is the side that faces the prevailing wind while the leeward side is the side that is sheltered from the wind by the elevation of the mountain.
  • On the wind ward side, the warm air is forced to rise along the slope of the mountain. As the air rises the mountain slope, it cools. This results to the formation of clouds and eventually precipitation that falls on the wind ward side of the mountain.

Warm, moist air rises and looses its moisture on the windward side.

Warm, moist air rises and looses its moisture when a region is present on the windward side of a mountain because the moist wind moves upward on the slope of the mountain which condensed there forming clouds leads to precipitation.

While on the other hand, the leeward side of the mountain has no such movement of air so that's why it receives less rainfall so we can conclude that warm, moist air rises and looses its moisture which leads to higher precipitation on the windward side of the mountain.

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