Question

Why are lightning strikes more frequent in hilly areas?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Lightning strikes more frequent in hilly areas:

• Lightning occurs among clouds (sheet lightening) and between clouds and land (fork lightening).
• Clouds have large amount of negative charges whereas land have positive charges.
• When clouds come closer to land or buildings, the negative charges in cloud move towards positive charge in land/building which causes lightening.
• Hills are taller than plains, hills are closer to clouds compared to plains, so, hilly region attracts clouds more than plain.