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Iowa, illinois, and indiana would experience clouds caused by all of the lifting mechanisms, except _____.

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Orthographic Lifting.
There are four lifting mechanisms that form clouds: Orographic Lifting, Convection, Convergence, and Updraft. Orographic lifting is when air cannot go through a mountain, and so it flows over it. Iowa, Illinois and Indiana are all relatively flat states, without mountain ranges to create orthographic lift.
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