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Another name for Orthographic rainfall?
Another name for orthographic rainfall is relief rainfall. It occurs when warm, moist air is forced to rise over elevated terrain, leading to cooling and condensation, followed by precipitation. This type of rainfall is common in mountainous regions.
What is another name for precipatation?
Rain, hail, sleet, snow, etc.
Why is relief rainfall called that?
Relief rainfall is called so because it occurs when moist air is forced to rise over a barrier, such as a mountain range, leading to cooling and condensation, which results in precipitation. The relief or barrier causes the air to lift, cool, and release moisture in the form of rainfall on the windward side.
Explain with the aid of a diagram how relief rainfall occurs?
Relief rainfall occurs when moist air is forced to rise over a mountain barrier. As the air rises, it cools and condenses to form clouds and eventually rain. The diagram would show warm, moist air approaching the mountain, rising, cooling, condensing, and then raining on the windward side of the mountain. The leeward side of the mountain would be in a rain shadow, receiving significantly less rainfall.
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.
Another name for Orthographic rainfall?
Another name for orthographic rainfall is relief rainfall. It occurs when warm, moist air is forced to rise over elevated terrain, leading to cooling and condensation, followed by precipitation. This type of rainfall is common in mountainous regions.
Another word for relief rainfall?
nothing
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
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
What is another name for the smallest amount of rainfall?
Mist
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 is another name for precipatation?
Rain, hail, sleet, snow, etc.
Precipitiation is another name for what?
water.......rain, rainfall, dewfall
