GEOG 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Background Radiation, Evapotranspiration, Advection
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Places with high temperature experience high humidity due to high evaporation and air: temperature having high capacity to hold moisture. Places with low temperature have low humidity due to low evaporation and air having low capacity to hold moisture. Areas near water bodies e. g. kisumu and mombasa experience high humidity due to: source of moisture evaporation of water from the water body. Places near thick vegetation also have high humidity due to evapotranspiration. Areas far away from water bodies such as the middle of deserts have low humidity. Areas receiving heavy rainfall also have high humidity. There is high humidity at low altitudes because high pressure compresses air warming it: air pressure increasing its capacity to hold moisture and also causes high evaporation. There is low pressure at high altitudes because air expands and cools thus reducing its capacity to hold moisture.
