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... centimetres ( one inch ) deep covering the whole Earth . Because the Earth's average annual rainfall is about 100 centimetres , the average time that the water spends in the atmosphere , between its evaporation from the surface and its ...
... centimetres ( one inch ) deep covering the whole Earth . Because the Earth's average annual rainfall is about 100 centimetres , the average time that the water spends in the atmosphere , between its evaporation from the surface and its ...
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... centimetres . Equatorial and desert regions A snow cover forms almost every. ticles fall more rapidly . In their fall ... centimetres in diameter , whereas a very severe storm may release stones with a maximum diameter of 10 centimetres ...
... centimetres . Equatorial and desert regions A snow cover forms almost every. ticles fall more rapidly . In their fall ... centimetres in diameter , whereas a very severe storm may release stones with a maximum diameter of 10 centimetres ...
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... centimetres but vary from 75 centimetres to 200 centimetres . Mediterranean climate ( Csa , Csb ) . Between about 30 ° and 45 ° latitude on the western sides of the continents is found a series of climates that show the unusual combina ...
... centimetres but vary from 75 centimetres to 200 centimetres . Mediterranean climate ( Csa , Csb ) . Between about 30 ° and 45 ° latitude on the western sides of the continents is found a series of climates that show the unusual combina ...
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