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The plumbing and pluvial dynamics of the Amazon, the largest freshwater system on Earth, are still far from understood. This is partly because it is a semi-open system. Moisture flows in and out unpredictably. A lot of nonlinear feedback loops and 'remote influences' - continental, transcontinental, oceanic, meteorological - come into play.
Alex Shoumatoff

Meaning of "pluvial" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLUVIAL

From Latin pluviālis rainy, from pluvia rain.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PLUVIAL

pluvial  [ˈpluːvɪəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLUVIAL

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pluvial can act as a noun and an adjective.
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The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PLUVIAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pluvial

In geology and climatology, a pluvial was an extended period of abundant rainfall lasting many thousands of years. Pluvial is also applied to the sediments of these periods. The term is especially applied to such periods during the Pleistocene Epoch. A minor, short pluvial may be termed a "subpluvial".

Definition of pluvial in the English dictionary

The first definition of pluvial in the dictionary is of, characterized by, or due to the action of rain; rainy. Other definition of pluvial is of or relating to rainfall or precipitation. Pluvial is also a climate characterized by persistent heavy rainfall, esp one occurring in unglaciated regions during the Pleistocene epoch.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLUVIAL


alluvial
əˈluːvɪəl
antediluvial
ˌæntɪdɪˈluːvɪəl
colluvial
kəˈluːvɪəl
convivial
kənˈvɪvɪəl
diluvial
daɪˈluːvɪəl
effluvial
ɪˈfluːvɪəl
eluvial
ɪˈluːvɪəl
exuvial
ɪɡˈzjuːvɪəl
fluvial
ˈfluːvɪəl
illuvial
ɪˈluːvɪəl
induvial
ɪnˈdjuːvɪəl
ingluvial
ɪnˈɡluːvɪəl
interfluvial
ˌɪntəˈfluːvɪəl
interpluvial
ˌɪntəˈpluːvɪəl
isopluvial
ˌaɪsəʊˈpluːvɪəl
jovial
ˈdʒəʊvɪəl
khedivial
kɪˈdiːvɪəl
postdiluvial
ˌpəʊstdaɪˈluːvɪəl
trivial
ˈtrɪvɪəl
uveal
ˈjuːvɪəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLUVIAL

plutocratically
plutolatry
plutologist
plutology
pluton
Plutonian
plutonic
plutonism
plutonium
plutonomist
plutonomy
Plutus
pluvian
pluviometer
pluviometric
pluviometrical
pluviometrically
pluviometry
pluviose
pluvious

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLUVIAL

commercial
editorial
especial
essential
facial
false gavial
financial
gavial
industrial
initial
lixivial
margravial
material
memorial
nontrivial
official
potential
quadrivial
residential
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Synonyms and antonyms of pluvial in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pluvial» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLUVIAL

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The translations of pluvial from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pluvial» in English.

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洪积
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pluvial
570 millions of speakers

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pluvial
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बरसाती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pluvial
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плювиальный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pluvial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৃষ্র্টিসম্বন্ধীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pluvial
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pluvial
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Regen-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多雨期
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pluvial
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pluvial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc về mưa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மழை பெய்கிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाणवनस्पती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yağmurlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pluviale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kapa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

плювіальние
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pluviale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ομβρίων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koorkap
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

pluvial
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

pluvial
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pluvial

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLUVIAL»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLUVIAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pluvial

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Famous quotes and sentences with the word pluvial.
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Alex Shoumatoff
The plumbing and pluvial dynamics of the Amazon, the largest freshwater system on Earth, are still far from understood. This is partly because it is a semi-open system. Moisture flows in and out unpredictably. A lot of nonlinear feedback loops and 'remote influences' - continental, transcontinental, oceanic, meteorological - come into play.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLUVIAL»

Discover the use of pluvial in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pluvial and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Oxford Companion to Global Change
During the Pleistocene, the Great Basin of the western U.S. held some 80 pluvial lakes that covered an area at least 11 times greater than they cover today. Lake Bonneville was the largest of the late Pleistocene lakes and was roughly the size  ...
David Cuff, Andrew Goudie, 2009
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Watershed Management
The results obtained through changes of the pluvial modes influencing ecosystems of the continent and the development of primary areas of human spreading are especially stressed The data on Sahara sector of Africa and area of ...
Vijay P. Singh, Ram Narayan Yadava, 2003
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History of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology
A consolidation phase from 1920 to 1955 provided synthesis and new data but, in the absence of age controls, saw much speculation about temporal links between pluvial lakes, glacial stages, and climate forcing. The initial dating phase ...
R. H. Grapes, Algimantas Grigelis, David Oldroyd, 2008
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Encyclopedia of Geomorphology
For example, the Mojave River drainage, the largest arid fluvial system in the Mojave Desert, fed at least four basins and their lakes in pluvial times: Lake Mojave (including present-day Soda and Silver lakes), the Cronese basin and the Manix ...
Andrew Goudie, 2004
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Rice: Soil, Water, Land
In pluvial rice lands that are not leveled or bunded, water availability in the root zone of the rice crop is determined by • climatic factors, mainly those related to rainfall; • inherent soil characteristics; • soil management factors; and • varietal ...
Nico van Breemen, 1978
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Organic Philosophy; Or, Man's True Place in Nature ...
vial zones of the synorganic class, we should place connective classes of pluvial phenomena in Polar, Meteoric, and Auroral strata of the atmosphere. SYNOPSIS OF COLLECTIVE PLUVIAL REALM. Z. Supernal pluvial forces : heat, light, ...
Hugh Doherty, 1864
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Paleontology of the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado
... 25.0 Test 1 SIETECUE Colombia Tropical lower montane wet 4°34'59"N 73°40' 00"W 2350 17.0 Train 1 TAYRONA Colombia Tropical dry 11°19'59"N 74°1'59"W 50 24.8 Train 1 TUTUNEND Colombia Tropical pluvial 5°46'00"N 76°34'59"W ...
Herbert William Meyer, Dena M. Smith, 2008
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Establishment of a Geologic Framework for Paleoanthropology
The pluvial-interpluvial interpretation was criticized, partly on the questionable climatic significance of the red color in Bed III. This was followed by mineralogical and sedimentological work suggesting that the climate was relatively dry for Beds  ...
Léo F. Laporte, 1990
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Frameworks for Dating Fossil Man
Many authors have referred to the first pluvial as the Kafuan Pluvial. E. J. Wayland has claimed that there is evidence in Uganda not only for the 'Kageran Pluvial' (the Kagera River being the type locality) but also evidence of pre- Kageran ...
Kenneth Page Oakley, 1966
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Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great ...
Results from Pleistocene pluvial studies at Mono Basin indicate that Lake Russell may have spilled southward through Adobe Valley to Owens River during MIS 6 ( Putnam, 1947, personal commun. to Hubbs, in Hubbs and Miller, 1948) and ...
Marith C. Reheis, Robert Hershler, David M. Miller, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLUVIAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pluvial is used in the context of the following news items.
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Researchers find reasons behind increases in urban flooding
... in coastal regions - storm surge and high precipitation - that can result in direct run-off (pluvial) and increased river discharge (fluvial). «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
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Investimento nos circuitos logísticos destacado
... duração prevista de 15 meses, consiste na reabilitação do pavimento da faixa de rodagem, melhoria da drenagem pluvial e das passagens ... «Jornaldiario.com, Jul 15»
3
Los Ángeles ya cuenta con el desagüe de calle Arenales
La obra consistió en la ejecución de un desagüe pluvial con descarga en la boca de registro existente en la intersección de Larrea con ... «ElLitoral.com, Jul 15»
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Post. Juan Carlos Machorro: Enseñar al hombre y aprender de la …
... sistemas de captación pluvial, - resaltando el caso de un sistema de presa keyline (ello sólo en Oaxaca)-, producción de huertos intensivos, ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
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Tormentas en California cortan la carretera Interestatal 10
La lluvia del sábado rompió récords en al menos 11 lugares, incluidos cinco que tuvieron la mayor precipitación pluvial registrada en cualquier ... «Univisión, Jul 15»
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More flooding
... getting pumps mended, desilting canals and generally cleaning up Georgetown, when we were visited by yet another pluvial inundation. «Stabroek News, Jul 15»
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Ante inundaciones, vecinos de Granjas San Isidro urgen ayuda
Pese a la construcción de un colector pluvial de 16 millones de pesos, los habitantes de la colonia Granjas San Isidro, continúan padeciendo ... «Intolerancia, Jul 15»
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La Paz: Diverso como su geografía y climas
La zona altiplánica se caracteriza por un clima frígido y por ser la región más húmeda del planalto andino (650 mm de precipitación pluvial, ... «Los Tiempos, Jul 15»
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Can you see me now? Lakebeds 'restriped'
According to Sampson, the lakebeds are actually pluvial lakes formed during the last ice age and are about 20,000 years old. As weather ... «Edwards Air Force Base, Jul 15»
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Nell Nolan: Party for debutantes Brooks, Healy, Lindner, Martin, Pou …
That pluvial drama made the evening all the more exciting, and dampened nary a party spirit. Thanks were numerous, tapping such individuals ... «The New Orleans Advocate, Jul 15»

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