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Typhoons cannot form over land and therefore cannot form over mountains; they can only form over warm ocean water. A typhoon that moves over a mountainous area will lose strength very quickly as the high terrain will force it to drop most of its moisture as rain.

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Mountains have no influence on the FORMATION of a typhoon. Typhoons form over open ocean, well away form the influence of any mountains.

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