precipitation

Cards (10)

  • what is isolines?
    Lines on a map connecting points of equal value, such as temperature or elevation.
  • what is isohyet?
    lines joining places with the same precipitation
  • what are the three types on rain in uk?
    Convectional, frontal, orographic
  • what is relief/orographic rainfall?
    Mountain-induced rainfall.
  • examples of mountain ranges in uk for relief rain
  • what is convectional rain?
    -sun heats the land and air above
    -warm air rises, cools, condenses
    -rains

    heat enduced
  • where does convectional rainfall affect?
    the southern regions of the uk
  • what clouds can be made from convectional rain?
    large cumulonimbus clouds
  • what sort of rainfall is convectional?
    short and intense, has the potential to lead to flooding
  • what is frontal rain?
    -linked to a depression
    not sure lol