The Csa climate of Athens Greece owes its summer precipitation pattern to
A. seasonal shifts in wind direction.
B. hurricanes that bring high amounts of rain.
C. the moist western side of the subtropical high.
D. the dry eastern side of the subtropical high.
Answer: D
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