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Petrichor. Soil and water being splashed by a raindrop. Petrichor (/ ˈpɛtrɪkɔːr / PET-rik-or) [1] is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word was coined by Richard Grenfell Thomas from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock' or πέτρος (pétros) 'stone' and ἰχώρ (ikhṓr), the ethereal fluid that is the ...
Rain World is a 2017 survival platform game developed by Videocult and published by Adult Swim Games and Akupara Games for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows in March 2017, and for Nintendo Switch in late 2018. Players assume control of a "slugcat", an elongated felid -like rodent, and are tasked with survival in a derelict and hostile world.
A rain shadow is an area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side. Evaporated moisture from water bodies (such as oceans and large lakes ) is carried by the prevailing onshore breezes towards the drier and hotter inland areas.
Precipitation, especially rain, has a dramatic effect on agriculture. All plants need at least some water to survive, therefore rain (being the most effective means of watering) is important to agriculture. While a regular rain pattern is usually vital to healthy plants, too much or too little rainfall can be harmful, even devastating to crops.
Liquid forms of precipitation include rain and drizzle and dew. Rain or drizzle which freezes on contact with a surface within a subfreezing air mass gains the preceding adjective "freezing", becoming the known freezing rain or freezing drizzle. Slush is a mixture of both liquid and solid precipitation. Frozen forms of precipitation include ...
Graupel (/ ˈɡraʊpəl /; German: [ˈɡʁaʊpl̩] ⓘ), also called soft hail or snow pellets, [ 1 ] is precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets in air are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes, forming 2–5 mm (0.08–0.20 in) balls of crisp, opaque rime. [ 2 ]
Sinvula, god of rain in Bantu mythology. Nanvula/Nomvula goddess of rain Bantu mythology. Mbaba Mwana Waresa, goddess of rain in Bantu mythology. Mpulu Bunzi, god of rain in Kongo mythology. Bunzi, goddess of rain in Woyo mythology (Kongo). Saa ngmin, God of rain in Dagaaba mythology (Upper West Region of Ghana)
More than 30 inches of rain fell in parts of western North Carolina. That brought catastrophic flooding, Cooper’s office said. Adding to the devastation: winds that gusted up to hurricane strength.