Over the past 20 million years,the interior of Australia has changed from a moist,humid climate to a desert.Why?
A) because plate collisions have built mountains near the coastline that block moisture-bearing winds from the continent's interior
B) because Australia has moved northward into an arid,subtropical zone
C) because Australia has moved southward out of the path of the more humid trade winds
D) because the continent has grown through volcanic activity,making the interior too far away from moisture-bearing winds
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