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Question
Give reasons for the following:
Mediterranean regions receive most of their precipitation in the winter season.
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Solution
In winter the prevailing winds are westerlies and they reach the western coasts of the continents as onshore winds. Being moist they cause precipitation on the western margin of the continents.
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