The Cwa climate of Lucknow, India owes its precipitation pattern to
A) the dry eastern side of the subtropical high.
B) the moist western side of the subtropical high.
C) seasonal shifts in wind direction.
D) typhoons that bring high amounts of rain.
C) seasonal shifts in wind direction.
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A) They can be focused using smaller lenses. B) They have shorter wavelengths than visible light. C) They are electrically charged. D) They can be generated with electricity. E) none of the above
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