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When water in oceans and rivers is heated by the Sun, it turns into an invisible gas called Water Vapour. As this, warm, moist air rises, it cools and the vapour turns to tiny water droplets which group together to form clouds. The droplets get bigger until they are so heavy that they fall to the ground as rain. If it it very cold, the water droplets freeze into ice crystals and fall as snow.

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