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escent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region. Supplied by the rainfall of the outer ranges of Sinchul and Singaleleh. Hooker.

A forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found in areas of small rainfall in Brazil.

A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.

or pertaining to lines connecting places on the earth's surface which have a mean annual rainfall. -- n.

line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface, which have the same mean summer rainfall.

descent of cloud and water in a conical form during the occurrence of a tornado and heavy rainfall on land. -- Land steward, a person who acts for another in the management of land, collection of rents, etc. -- Land tortoise, Land turtle (Zoöl.), any tortoise that habitually lives on dry land, as the box tortoise. Se…

An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.

ortant observations are taken; of the third order when simpler work is done, as to record rainfall and maximum and minimum temperatures.