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|Meaning=The [[elevation]] band on a mountain or [[orographic]] barrier that  receives the greatest [[precipitation]] for a seasonal or annual average.
|Explanation=Typically, precipitation increases with height upward from the base of mountains, but, if the  peaks are high enough, eventually a level is reached where precipitation decreases with height  ([[precipitation inversion]]). The decrease often occurs because the cooler air at higher altitudes  holds less moisture, so less [[water vapor]] is available to condense and precipitate. The level where  the increases with height become decreases marks the zone of maximum precipitation. According  to Miller (1961), the [[altitude]] of the zone, often between 1 and 2 km, "varies slightly from place  to place, is lower in tropic than temperate zones, in humid climates than in arid, in the cold [[season]]  than the hot, in the [[wet season]] than in the dry." <br/>''See also'' [[orographic precipitation]].<br/> Miller, A. A. 1961. Climatology. Methuen,. p. 39. 
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