High mountain barriers, cold ocean currents and high pressure systems cause deserts to remain dry When warm air passes over the ocean , it picks up moisture in the form of water vapor. as this moist air travels over land, it rises to pass over mountain ranges. when it begins to rise, the air cools an this causes the water vapor to condense into droplets, which fall as rain. when the air reaches the other side of the mountain barrier, it has lost all its moisture, so the other side of the mountain remains dry. Air passing over cold ocean currents is cooled and therefore, unable to pick up and hold much moisture. when this cold air mass reaches the warm desert , any moisture in the air is evaporated and it does not fall as rain. so the desert remains dry. In a high pressure system, the air is dry and is moving downwards . as this system moves over land , it draws the moisture from the land surface. consequently , the moisture does not fall as rain , so the deset remains dry. "... so the desert remains dry" The underline word has clothest meaning with

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High mountain barriers, cold ocean currents and high pressure systems cause deserts to remain dry

When warm air passes over the ocean , it picks up moisture in the form of water vapor. as this moist air travels over land, it rises to pass over mountain ranges. when it begins to rise, the air cools an this causes the water vapor to condense into droplets, which fall as rain. when the air reaches the other side of the mountain barrier, it has lost all its moisture, so the other side of the mountain remains dry.

Air passing over cold ocean currents is cooled and therefore, unable to pick up and hold much moisture. when this cold air mass reaches the warm desert , any moisture in the air is evaporated and it does not fall as rain. so the desert remains dry.

In a high pressure system, the air is dry and is moving downwards . as this system moves over land , it draws the moisture from the land surface. consequently , the moisture does not fall as rain , so the deset remains dry.

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