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Why can the windward side of mountains receive more rainfall?

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Correct answer: Moist air rises and cools

The direct answer is B: moist air rises on the windward side, cools and can produce rain. Windward means the side facing the incoming wind. Step by step, moist air travelling toward a mountain is forced upward; air pressure decreases and the rising air expands and cools; cooling can cause condensation into clouds; continued condensation produces rainfall on that side. A is wrong because stronger sunshine is not the essential reason for this mountain rainfall. C is irrelevant because soil colour does not lift moist air or cause condensation. D is wrong because the presence or absence of a sea does not explain the immediate windward lifting process. The opposite leeward side may be drier because descending air warms, though that is not needed to select B. Memory cue: windward means wind-facing, rising, cooling and wetter.

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