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The document discusses the three main causes of rain: convectional, relief/orographic, and frontal/cyclonic. Convectional rain occurs when warm air near the ground is heated by the sun, rises into the atmosphere and cools, causing water vapor to condense into clouds and rain drops. Relief/orographic rain is caused when air is forced to rise over hills or mountains, cooling and condensing into rain on the windward side and forming a "rain shadow" on the leeward side. Frontal/cyclonic rain occurs when a war

Author
Maria Jesus Jerez Jerez
Language
EN