Which atmospheric effect results from prevailing trade winds encountering mountain ranges?

💡 Explanation

Orographic precipitation is the result; moist air rises, cools adiabatically and releases precipitation. Coriolis deflection usually acts on large-scale air movements rather than this localized effect caused directly by geography, because the mountains force upward motion.

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