An example of orographic clouds would be?

a. ?cumulus clouds produced by surface heating.
b. ?rotor clouds.
c. ?lee-wave clouds.
d. ?clouds that form on the upwind slope of a mountain.
e. ?pileus clouds.


ANSWER: d

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