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Question
Give reasons for the following:
Coasts receive more rainfall than the interior of the continents.
Solution
Moisture-laiden winds provide more rainfall to the coastal parts due to being situated by the coast and receiving the rain bearing winds, but the interior get negligible rainfall due to being the almost dry winds without moisture.
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