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Why does the warm sinking air lead to deserts?

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As air sinks over a mountain or higher terrain, it warms adiabatically. This warming adds to the already warm and dry conditions found at a desert. ... The subtropical high contributes to sinking air while local impacts such as air flow down from high to low elevations compresses the air even more.

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