Rain
Rain is a form of precipitation, as is snow, sleet, hail, dew or fog. Rain forms when separate drops of water fall to the Earth's surface from clouds. Not all rain reaches the surface, however; some evaporates while falling through dry air, a type of precipitation called virga.Rain plays a major role in the water cycle[?] in which moisture[?] from the oceans evaporates, condenses into clouds, precipitates back to earth, and eventually returns to the ocean via streams and rivers to repeat the cycle again.
The amount of rainfall is measured using a rain gauge. It is expressed as the depth of water that collects on a flat surface, and is measured to the nearest 0.25mm.
Falling raindrops are often described as "tear-shaped", round at the bottom and narrowing towards the top, but this is incorrect. Small raindrops look almost like spheres, while larger ones look like spheres whose bottom has been flattened, like a hamburger bun. Even bigger ones can assume a parachute-like shape. The larger ones fall faster.
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more like a great lady who was entertaining her friends than the keeper
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has returned a half century later. A single diamond sparkled upon her
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the boys, but the real claret was served to the major, as to the other
toast to Madame Delaunay, and the others drank it with him, standing.
protection and good fortune for this South Carolina which they all loved,
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massive gilt frames. They were of people French in look, handsome,
and knee breeches, silk stockings and buckled shoes. Small swords were
satin, with their hair drawn high upon their heads and powdered.
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educated in Paris or other cities of France, and they returned to a life
brightness and glory? Gone like snow under a summer.
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