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Q: What is rain that is produced from the lifting of moist air over a mountain called?
  • A. Cyclonic rainfall
  • B. Orographical rainfall
  • C. Unseasonal rainfall
  • D. Convectional
Correct Answer: Option B - Orographic precipitation, rain, snow or other precipitation produced when moist air is lifted as it moves over a mountain range. As the air rises and cools, orographic cloud form and serve as the source of the precipitation, most of which falls upwind of the mountain ridge.
B. Orographic precipitation, rain, snow or other precipitation produced when moist air is lifted as it moves over a mountain range. As the air rises and cools, orographic cloud form and serve as the source of the precipitation, most of which falls upwind of the mountain ridge.

Explanations:

Orographic precipitation, rain, snow or other precipitation produced when moist air is lifted as it moves over a mountain range. As the air rises and cools, orographic cloud form and serve as the source of the precipitation, most of which falls upwind of the mountain ridge.