The relationship between mountains and precipitation can be generalized by saying that

A) mountaintops tend to have more precipitation in summer but less precipitation in winter than the surrounding lowlands.
B) mountaintops tend to have more precipitation in winter but less precipitation in summer than the surrounding lowlands.
C) mountaintops generally experience more precipitation than the surrounding lowlands.
D) mountaintops generally experience less precipitation that the surrounding lowlands.


C) mountaintops generally experience more precipitation than the surrounding lowlands.

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