Orography
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Orography is the study of the topographic relief of mountains, and can more broadly include hills, water stream directions and any part of a region's elevated terrain. Orography falls within the broad
Orographic precipitation occurs when moist air is forced upwards by terrain.
Precipitation
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In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, rai
Orography
…the Strahler Stream Order, where the headwater tributaries are listed as category 1. Orographic precipitation, also known as relief precipitation, is precipitation generated by a forced upward movement of air upon encountering a physiographic upland (see anabatic wind). This lifting can be caused by: Upward…
A thunderstorm with heavy rain shower
Late-summer rainstorm in Denmark
Lenticular cloud forming due to mountains over Wyoming
Puddle in the rain