answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Rainclouds form from water picked up from the earth's surface. If the clouds are over water, they obviously will pick up more moisture, and pick it up a lot easier, too.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Why are clouds that form over water more efficient in producing precipitation rain than clouds that form over land?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Is the source of all clouds and precipitation water vapor?

The convection is the source of all clouds and precipitation


Water falling from clouds?

precipitation !


What is precipitation and why does it occur?

Precipitation is rain. It happens when the water is evaporated into the clouds amd then the clouds release the water vapor into a liquid form.


What happens in the step precipitation in the water cycle?

This step comes after condensation (after the formation of clouds. During this step, clouds release water through precipitation. Examples are rain and snow. Basically, precipitation is water falling from the clouds to the earth.


What in the air is responsible for clouds precipitation?

water


After a cloud forms where do the clouds go?

Clouds travel with the wind. They remain clouds until the water vapor becomes precipitation. The water cycle goes: evaporation, condensation, precipitation. Water evaporates and condenses into clouds, and then it precipitates (rain, sleet, snow).


The source of all clouds and precipitation is what?

water vapor =)


How does the water in clouds get back to the sea?

precipitation and collection


What is any form of water falling from the clouds?

precipitation


Where does precipitation occur?

It occurs in the water cycle.


What can water in clouds undergoes condensation lead to?

precipitation


What is it called when water vapor forms in clouds leading precipitation in the form of rain or snow?

The process of the formation of clouds and precipitation is called condensation.