Why does precipitation tend to be higher in the tropics than in the subtropics?
A. Hadley cells
B. lack of moisture in the subtropics
C. orography
D. differences in convection
E. oceanic circulations
A
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A) physically uniform. B) located at or near a pole. C) small. D) located at or near the equator. E) roughly half land, half water.
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