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    Types of Rainfall

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    There are three main types of rainfall: 1) Convectional rainfall forms due to uneven heating of the land and usually occurs in the tropics and subtropics. 2) Relief rainfall forms when air is forced to higher elevations, causing adiabatic cooling and condensation, and usually affects mountainous areas. 3) Frontal rainfall occurs when warm and cold air masses meet, with the warm air forced to rise over the cold air, resulting in cloud formation and precipitation along the front.

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    There are three main types of rainfall: 1) Convectional rainfall forms due to uneven heating of the land and usually occurs in the tropics and subtropics. 2) Relief rainfall forms when air is forced to higher elevations, causing adiabatic cooling and condensation, and usually affects mountainous areas. 3) Frontal rainfall occurs when warm and cold air masses meet, with the warm air forced to rise over the cold air, resulting in cloud formation and precipitation along the front.

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    There are three main types of rainfall: 1) Convectional rainfall forms due to uneven heating of the land and usually occurs in the tropics and subtropics. 2) Relief rainfall forms when air is forced to higher elevations, causing adiabatic cooling and condensation, and usually affects mountainous areas. 3) Frontal rainfall occurs when warm and cold air masses meet, with the warm air forced to rise over the cold air, resulting in cloud formation and precipitation along the front.

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    Types of Rainfall

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    There are three main types of rainfall: 1) Convectional rainfall forms due to uneven heating of the land and usually occurs in the tropics and subtropics. 2) Relief rainfall forms when air is forced to higher elevations, causing adiabatic cooling and condensation, and usually affects mountainous areas. 3) Frontal rainfall occurs when warm and cold air masses meet, with the warm air forced to rise over the cold air, resulting in cloud formation and precipitation along the front.

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    Types of Rainfall

    1. convectional rainfall Convectional rainfall is…

    How does it form?

    Where does it usually form?

    2. relief rainfall Relief rainfall is…

    How does it form?

    Where does it usually form?

    3. frontal rainfall Frontal rainfall is…

    How does it form?


    1. When a warm air mass meets a air mass,
    they do not mix as they have different densities.
    2. The warm, less dense air is forced to over
    the cold, dense air. This is called a front.
    3. The warm air and the water vapour
    condenses into clouds and .
    Where does it usually form?

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