Occurs when moist air has an environmental lapse rate between the dry and wet adiabatic rates. simply, the air is stable for an unsaturated parcel or air, but becomes unstable if the parcel of air be forced high enough for it be become saturated.

What is the difference between the cultures of central asia and the caucasus region? the majority of people in central asia are muslim; the majority in the caucasus region are christian. the primary language in central asia is armenian; the primary language in the caucasus region is russian. central asia has been plagued by ethnic unrest; the caucasus region has had little ethnic conflict. the effects of soviet rule can still be seen in central asia; the caucasus region has developed its own identity since the fall of the ussr.