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    El Niño Is a Weather Pattern Caused By
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El Niño Is a Weather Pattern Caused By

Question 19

Question 19

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El Niño is a weather pattern caused by:


A) increased upwelling at the west coast of South America.
B) the slackening of the trade winds in the Pacific Ocean.
C) orographic lifting.
D) frontal wedging.

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