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Rain that falls to the surface and forms runoff is known as surface runoff. Surface runoff occurs when the soil is saturated and cannot absorb any more water, leading to water flowing over the ground and eventually collecting in bodies of water like rivers and lakes.
Rain falls from clouds to Earth's surface in the form of liquid water droplets.
When rain water falls on land, it can be absorbed by the soil, flow into rivers and streams, evaporate back into the atmosphere, or be taken up by plants for growth. Some rain water may also collect in puddles or form surface runoff, which can contribute to floods or erosion of the land.
any form of water that falls to the earth's surface rain, snow, sleet, hail
That is precipitation, which is any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface.
Water moves across the surface of the Earth through the processes of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, and infiltration. Evaporation and transpiration from plants release water vapor into the atmosphere, which then condenses to form clouds and eventually falls back to the Earth as precipitation. This water flows over the land surface as runoff or infiltrates into the ground to replenish groundwater.
"rain"
The process by which water moves continually between the atmosphere and Earth's surface is called the water cycle. This cycle involves processes such as evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff, which are driven by the heat energy from the sun. Water evaporates from the surface, forms clouds in the atmosphere, and eventually falls back to the surface as precipitation in the form of rain, snow, or sleet.
A general word for water that falls from clouds is precipitation
Do you mean "precipitate"? If so, it means to rain.
Rain is the purest form of water. It falls on earth as rain droplets.
The liquid has 'precipiated' out of it's previous solution - so the rain/sleet/snow is precipitation.