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Precipitation
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First paragraph Precipitation, commonly referred to as rainfall, is a measure of the quality of atmospheric water in the form of rain, hail, snow that reaches the ground.
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Second paragraph The amount of precipitation that an area receives is a combined result of several factors, including location, altitude, proximity to the sea, and the direction of prevailing winds.
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Most of the precipitatin in the United States is brought originally by prevailing from the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Oceana d the Great Lakes.
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Third paragraph East of the Rocky Mountains, the annual precipitation is substantially less than that west of the Rocky The precipitation north of the Appalachian Mountains averages 40 percent less than that south of the Appalachian Mountains. As air currents from the ocean move over land, the air must rise to pass over the mountains.
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