pluvial

adj.

1. Of or relating to rain; rainy.
2. Geology. Marked or formed by abundant rainfall: pluvial periods; a pluvial lake.

n. Geology
An extended period of abundant rainfall, especially such a period of the Pleistocene Epoch.

[Latin pluviālis, from pluvia, rain. See pluvious.]

A time of heavier precipitation than normal. Evidence that more than one pluvial has brought wetter conditions to deserts during the last million years include plant and human remains and the presence of groundwater in aquifers. It has been suggested that these pluvials have helped to create many current desert landforms, including wadis. Pluvials and interpluvials have alternated many times. It may be that pluvials in the Pleistocene were due to lower temperatures affecting the hydrological cycle.

[Ge]

Period when the rainfall was greater than it is at present as a result of climatic changes during the Pleistocene. Mainly refers to tropical and subtropical regions outside the limits of the main ice-sheets.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: marked by rain
  Synonyms: rainy, pluvious

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - regnfuld
n. - pluviale

Nederlands (Dutch)
regenachtig, met regen te maken hebbend, priesterlijk gewaad

Français (French)
adj. - pluvial
n. - longue période de pluie

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Regen-
n. - Regenperiode

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (μετεωρ.) βρόχινος, όμβριος
n. - (θρησκ.) φαιλόνιο(ν)

Italiano (Italian)
pluviale

Português (Portuguese)
adj., -
n. - pluvial

Русский (Russian)
плювиальный, дождевой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pluvial, de lluvia
n. - pluvial, capa pluvial

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - regnig, regnrik, regn-, pluvial- (geol.)
n. - lång period med regnväder

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
雨的, 洪水的, 多雨的, 雨期

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 雨的, 洪水的, 多雨的
n. - 雨期

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 비의, 다우의
n. - 다우기

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 雨の, 雨の多い, 雨水作用による
n. - 多雨期, 大外衣

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مطري (الاسم) كثير الأمطار, حامل مطر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נגרם ע"י גשם, גשום, של גשם‬
n. - ‮תקופת גשמים‬

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