describe distribution of world rainfall
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Earth’s surface was uniform perfectly and long-term average rainfall is distributed with the distinct latitudinal bands.
Situation is complicated by pattern of global winds with distribution of the land and sea.
Rainfall results from cooling and ascent of moist air in which the areas are heavy rain mainly indicates regions of rising air.
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- Between the latitudes 10° and 30°N and S of the equator, due to the 'trade winds', rainfall is heavier on the Eastern coasts and decrease towards the west.
- Between the latitude 40° and 60° N and S of the equator due to the 'westerlies' the rainfall is heavy on the west coast and decrease towards the east.
- Low pressure areas especially around the equator, receive high rainfall than high pressure areas.
- The rainfall is more over the oceans than on the continent.
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