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प्रश्न
Mountains are cooler than the plains.
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उत्तर
As per the Normal Lapse rate phenomena temperature decreases with increasing altitudes at the rate of 6.5°C for every 1000 mts of ascent. Thus mountains are cooler than the plains.
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