Multiple Choice
Subtropical deserts have scanty,erratic precipitation because:
A) storm tracks are especially difficult to predict in this region.
B) there is no humidity to accompany the rising air at these latitudes.
C) they are too far poleward to get rain from the ITCZ and too far equatorward to get rain from cyclonic storms.
D) they are under persistent low pressure.
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