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thumbOrographic precipitation, also known as relief precipitation, is precipitation generated by a forced upward movement of air upon encountering a physiographic upland.

Cause

This lifting can be caused by:

# Upward deflection of large-scale horizontal flow by the orography.
# Anabatic or upward vertical propagation of moist air up an orographic slope, caused by daytime heating of the mountain barrier

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