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What causes more rainfall on the windward side of a mountain?

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Correct answer: Moist air rises and cools

Correct answer: C. Windward means the side facing the incoming wind. When moist air travelling from a water body meets a mountain, the mountain slope forces the air upward. As the air rises, pressure decreases and the air cools. Cooling may cause water vapour to condense into clouds, producing relief or orographic rainfall on the windward slope. A describes descending air, which generally warms and is associated with the drier leeward side, not the main windward process. B is unrelated: rainfall does not require the sea to dry. D is scientifically incorrect because the Sun does not pull a mountain. Thus C gives the correct sequence: moist air, forced ascent, cooling, condensation, and rain. Cue: windward air rises and rains; leeward air descends and is drier.

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ClimateWindwardOrographic RainfallClimatic ControlsGeographyClass 9 Mcq

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