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What are the characteristics of relief rainfall?

Updated: 7/1/2023

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Frequently occur near mountains

Occur when warm moist air rises

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The air cools and the water vapour condenses , forming rain drops.

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Explain with the aid of a diagram how relief rainfall occurs?

daigram of a relief rainfall

Another name for Orthographic rainfall?

Relief rainfall

What is the another name for Relief rainfall?

dfgh

What are the 3 types of rainfall?

Some fancy names have been given to this question, Convectional, Orographic and Frontal. I will stick to the more simple types such as Lite falls , mediums falls and heavy or flooding rains. I am also including mist and fog because they both contain water vapour.

Give two characteristics of convectional rainfall?

thunderstorm and lightning rainfall and floodings

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Explain with the aid of a diagram how relief rainfall occurs?

daigram of a relief rainfall

What are the types of rainfall?

relief rainfall convectional rainfall Frontal rainfall

Why relief rainfall is more common in India and why?

in india most of the rainfall is relief rainfall

Another name for Orthographic rainfall?

Relief rainfall

What are the types of rainfall in Ghana?

relief rainfall, cyclonic rainfall

What are the factors responsible for relief rainfall?

The factors are moist air and rainfall.

What is the mean rainfall?

The meanin Relief rainfall is rain that affects the weather

What two types of rainfall occurs in the Caribbean?

covectinal and relief rainfall

Convectional and orographic are?

types of rainfall. orographic is commonly called relief rainfall.

Can relief rainfall cause a tornado?

The rainfall on its own cannot cause a tornado. However, the same effect that causes relief rainfall and intensify already existing thunderstorms enough that they can produce tornadoes.

What types of rainfall are there?

there are 3 types of rainfall which are still exsisting: relief rainfall convectional rainfall Frontal rainfall

How does convectional rainfall relief rainfall and frontal rainfall occur?

verical ransfer of hea is known as convecion process

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