In the water cycle, evaporated equatorial air masses lose most of their moisture as they rise. The air immediately then flows

A) all the way to the poles where it causes snow.
B) all the way to the poles if it does not encounter mountain ranges, which it usually does.
C) to about 60^° north or south and then cool and condense, supporting a band of moist vegetation.
D) to about 30^° north or south and then descends, creating a band of deserts.
E) to the west.