Geography-Types of clouds and rainfall

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cumulus

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>clouds that look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton

>Usually mean dry weather

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cirrus

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Wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form at high levels.

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cumulus

>clouds that look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton

>Usually mean dry weather

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cirrus

Wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form at high levels.

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stratus

Clouds that form in flat layers and often cover much of the sky.

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nimbostratus

Clouds that are low-level, uniform layer, usually very dark, that bring strong precipitation

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Cirrostratus

High elevation clouds, layered across the sky

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Cirrocumulus

a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples

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Altocumulus

Medium level cumulus cloud that is higher than regular cumulus clouds. Lead to precipitation.

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Altostratus

Medium level stratus cloud that is higher than regular stratus clouds. Lead to precipitation.

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Cumunlonimbus

Giant clouds that spread across all three levels in the sky

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Stratocumulus

Low elevation layered clouds with tops and bottoms rounded

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Frontal rainfall

A type of rainfall that occurs when cold fronts meat warm fronts.

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Convectional rainfall (convective)

Rainfall formed due to rising warm, moist air.

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Relief rainfall (orographic)

Formed when air is forced to cool as it rises over relief (height) features in the landscape (hills or mountains).