What is the Föhn?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. A warm and dry wind on the north side of the Alps
- Step 1: Air rises on one side of the mountain and loses moisture. Step 2. On the other side it sinks and warms up, and so the Föhn is warm and dry. Answer: a warm dry wind. Why not the others: The other descriptions do not match.
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