Explain the effects of precipitation.

1.	Explain the effects of precipitation.
Answer» The main source of potable water available on the earth is precipitation. As extreme rainfall is destructive so is the absence of rainfall. Floods may occur because of heavy rainfall and causes loss to life and property. If precipitation does not take place then conditions of drought arise. It causes a shortage of food and food may have to be imported and farmers’ conditions becomes grave. The economy of an agrarian1 country like India is dependent on agriculture. The agriculture in India to a large extent is dependent on monsoons. Hence rainfall in India is important to the whole country. A good rainfall at the right time increases crop production while untimely rain can damage the crope. Acid rains which is a combination of harmful gases and rainwater is harmful to the living organisms as well as non-living objects.

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