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The greatest annual rainfall totals in the world occur

  • A.on windward slopes in a moist onshore flow
  • B.in the very centre of the largest continents
  • C.over the great polar ice caps
  • D.in the subtropical high pressure belt

Answer: A

Cherrapunji and the Hawaiian mountains are the standard examples, where orographic uplift acts on very moist air. The combination of moisture supply and forced ascent is what produces the extremes. Both factors must be present at once.

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