Except for minor areas in Australia, the humid subtropical, winter drought climates are largely confined to Asia because of ____

a. the cool currents paralleling the coasts
b. the barrier effect of the Himalayas
c. Asia's marked winter concentration of precipitation
d. the strong monsoonal development of the continent


d

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