Answer is D.
Desert and tundra regions are marked by their absence of trees, which indicates little to no rainfall in the area.
Like a starving beast, the fire consumed the forest.
There is use of figurative language here indicated by the phrase starving beast. Fire is compared to a starving beast by use of simile.
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D because it's the only one with supporting evidence
