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Rain is water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface as precipitation. It matters because it provides fresh water essential for drinking, agriculture, and ecosystems.
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37 sectionsContents
- Formation
- Water-saturated air
- Coalescence and fragmentation
- Droplet size distribution
- Raindrop impacts
- Virga
- Causes
- Frontal activity
- Convection
- Orographic effects
- Within the tropics
- Human influence
- Characteristics
- Patterns
- Acidity
- Köppen climate classification
- Pollution and composition
- Measurement
- Gauges
- Remote sensing
- Intensity
- Return period
- Forecasting
- Impact
- Agricultural
- Culture and religion
- Global climatology
- Deserts
- Polar deserts
- Rainforests
- Monsoons
- Impact of the Westerlies
- Wettest known locations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
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Rain is a form of precipitation where water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor fall by 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 water for hydroelectric power plants, crop irrigation, and suitable conditions for many types of ecosystems.