Liquid water is not a mineral
C. The Rocky Mountains I believe, Mt. Elbert is in Colorado and the Rocky Mountains go through Colorado.
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No, the answer is C. If it was A and the air cools, then why are deserts hot? The answer is C because as air rises it heats up and lose a its moisture through evaporation, leaving hot dry air for the deserts. This is called the rain shadow effect, where one side of the mountain is moist and cool and the other side is a desert.