Question

lightning strikes are more frequent in hilly areas than pane areas. Why?​

Answer 1

• The distance between the clouds and the hilly areas is less.
• There are tall trees in hilly areas. So lightning strikes more frequently in these areas.

Answer 2

Lightning is a very heavy flow of charge between clouds or between clouds and earth. In hilly areasclouds are comparatively closer to the ground than in the plains. Therefore lightning strikes are morefrequent in hilly areas.