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What are the different types of rainfall?
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Solution
- Rainfall is the most predominant type of precipitation.
- Moisture laden air masses raise upwards, forms clouds, and bring rainfall.
- Based on the mechanisms of raising the air, there are three types of rainfall.
- They are
- Convectional rainfall
- Frontal or Cyclonic rainfall
- Orographic rainfall.
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Rainfall and It's Types
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