Meaning of "rainfall" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF RAINFALL

rainfall  [ˈreɪnˌfɔːl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAINFALL

Rainfall is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RAINFALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rain

Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then precipitated—that is, become heavy enough to fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides suitable conditions for many types of ecosystems, as well as water for hydroelectric power plants and crop irrigation. The major cause of rain production is moisture moving along three-dimensional zones of temperature and moisture contrasts known as weather fronts. If enough moisture and upward motion is present, precipitation falls from convective clouds such as cumulonimbus which can organize into narrow rainbands. In mountainous areas, heavy precipitation is possible where upslope flow is maximized within windward sides of the terrain at elevation which forces moist air to condense and fall out as rainfall along the sides of mountains. On the leeward side of mountains, desert climates can exist due to the dry air caused by downslope flow which causes heating and drying of the air mass.

Definition of rainfall in the English dictionary

The definition of rainfall in the dictionary is precipitation in the form of raindrops. Other definition of rainfall is the amount of precipitation in a specified place and time.

TRANSLATION OF RAINFALL

Find out the translation of rainfall to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

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

• Translator English - Chinese: 降雨量
• Translator English - Spanish: lluvia
• English: rainfall
• Translator English - Hindi: वर्षा
• Translator English - Arabic: الأمطار
• Translator English - Russian: осадков
• Translator English - Portuguese: chuva
• Translator English - Bengali: বৃষ্টিপাত
• Translator English - French: pluviosité
• Translator English - Malay: Hujan
• Translator English - German: Niederschlag
• Translator English - Japanese: 降雨量
• Translator English - Korean: 강우량
• Translator English - Javanese: Banyu udan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lượng mưa
• Translator English - Tamil: மழை
• Translator English - Marathi: पाऊस
• Translator English - Turkish: yağış miktarı
• Translator English - Italian: livello delle precipitazioni
• Translator English - Polish: opadów
• Translator English - Ukrainian: опадів
• Translator English - Romanian: precipitații
• Translator English - Greek: βροχοπτώσεις
• Translator English - Afrikaans: reënval
• Translator English - Swedish: regn
• Translator English - Norwegian: nedbør

3 QUOTES WITH «RAINFALL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rainfall.

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Margaret Chan

Many diseases including malaria, dengue, meningitis - just a few examples - these are what we call climate-sensitive diseases, because such climate dimensions for rainfall, humidity and temperature would influence the epidemics, the outbreaks, either directly influencing the parasites or the mosquitoes that carry them.

2

Antoine Predock

The prime communities of the Southwest are survival communities. Their sustenance is governed by rainfall and wind direction. You can study little enclaves of plant materials, how they huddle together for protection. Some are nurse crops.

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Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I spend a lot of time in L.A., and when it rains there you get the entire rainfall for the year in two days, raindrops the size of mangoes. And in Barcelona, the Mediterranean storms come up from the sea, thunder and lightning; it's like the end of the world.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAINFALL»

Discover the use of rainfall in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rainfall and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Rainfall-Runoff Modelling: The Primer

Dealing with the history of the development of rainfall-runoff models, uncertainty in mode predictions, good and bad practice and ending with a look at how to predict future catchment hydrological responses this book provides an essential ...

K. J. Beven, 2012

Satellite Rainfall Applications for Surface Hydrology

This book, which covers both scientific and practical matters, aims to change that.

Mekonnen Gebremichael, Faisal Hossain, 2009

Water Resources Engineering

8.2.7 On a particular day in 1990, there was a rainstorm event that produced the following rainfall and runoff on a 36-km2 drainage basin. Time(min) 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 Cumulative 0 10 50 75 90 100 rainfall (mm) Instantaneous ...

Larry W. Mays, 2010

Rainfall-runoff Modelling in Gauged and Ungauged Catchments

These are subsequently applied to study the tasks of model identification and evaluation. A novel dynamic identifiability ap.

Thorsten Wagener, Howard Wheater, Hoshin Vijai Gupta, 2004

Impacts of Climate Change on Rainfall Extremes and Urban ...

Impacts of Climate Change on Rainfall Extremes and Urban Drainage Systems provides a state-of-the-art overview of existing methodologies and relevant results related to the assessment of the climate change impacts on urban rainfall extremes ...

Patrick Willems, Jonas Olsson, Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen, 2012

Hydrology Handbook

HYDRO 35 includes isohyetal maps of rainfall depth for the eastern and central United States for 5-, 15-, and 60-minute durations and return periods of 2 and 100 years. HYDRO 40 provides comparable rainfall data for the southwest United  ...

‎1996

Statistical Methods for the Environmental Sciences: A ...

[Ill THE DISTRIBUTION OF MONTHLY RAINFALL INTENSITY AT SOME SITES IN SAUDI ARABIA A. M. ABOUAMMOH" Distribution of Rainfall in Saudi A rabia ( Received March I990) Abstract. The analysis ofrainfall intensity is useful in ...

A. H. El-Shaarawi, 1991

Generating Design Rainfall Depths in Ghana Using Ground and ...

In Ghana, rainfall records are typically short compared with the design life of storm control structures.

Nana Efua A. Imbeah, 2008

Rainfall: State of the Science

ART OF EVALUATION How can we quantify estimation errors in satellite rainfall estimates? Since the “true rainfall value” is unattainable, the typical approach is the routine comparison of satellite rainfall estimates to ground-based reference ...

Firat Y. Testik, Mekonnen Gebremichael, 2013

Soil Conservation Service Curve Number (SCS-CN) Methodology

of equal rainfall depth, applicable for a range of durations, frequencies, and catchment sizes. For large catchments, intense storms (or thunderstorms) may cover only a fraction of the whole area, yet they may lead to severe flooding in certain ...

S.K. Mishra, Vijay P. Singh, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAINFALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rainfall is used in the context of the following news items.

Flash flood warnings issued for South Jersey due to heavy rainfall

Due to heavy rainfall and thunderstorms that charged through the region in the early morning, a flash flood warning was issued and will remain in effect until ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»

Delhi receives record season rainfall, traffic in haywire

The Met office said the city received a total of around 100 mm of rains in the last three days out of which 93.8 mm of rainfall, the highest of season, was recorded ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»

This month now officially the wettest June in Illinois history

State climatologist Jim Angel said Sunday that rainfall the past few days has officially made the month Illinois' wettest June in recorded state history. «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»

Flash Flood Warnings expire; heavy rainfall still possible

All Flash Flood Warnings and Advisories have expired at this time. Heavy rainfall is still possible before midnight, then showers and storms exit northern Illinois. «WREX-TV, Jun 15»

Mumbai records highest 24-hour rainfall in June in a decade

Officials from the IMD said that the current rainfall pattern falls under the 'extreme' category for Mumbai, Konkan areas and Goa and that the current weather ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 15»

Tropical Depression Bill Could Bring Heavy Rainfall to Northern …

Showers and thunderstorms may contain heavy rainfall late Saturday into Sunday as the remnants of Tropical Depression Bill pass through the area, according ... «Patch.com, Jun 15»

May rainfall most ever in United States

Three states -- Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas -- set record totals for rainfall in May. In Oklahoma and Texas, where flooding killed dozens, precipitation was ... «CNN, Jun 15»

Monsoon hits Kerala, parts of Tamil Nadu, chances of heavy rainfall …

The monsoon is vital as most farmers depend entirely on rainfall to irrigate their crops. Rice and oilseeds are grown primarily in the monsoon-dependent kharif ... «Economic Times, Jun 15»

Stocks may fail to withstand impact of scanty rainfall this year

"If IMD predictions come true, then this would be the second consecutive year of below-normal rainfall," said Harsha Upadhyaya, CIO Equity, Kotak Mutual Fund. «Economic Times, Jun 15»

Record-breaking May rainfall in Texas and Oklahoma, by the numbers

May rainfall totals of 15 to 20 inches are widespread across Texas. According to the office of the Texas state climatologist, the month of May is now the wettest on ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»