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How many different forms of precipitation are there?(a) 4(b) 5(c) 6(d) 7This question was posed to me in examination.My doubt is from Various Cycles of Environment in section Other Major Topics in Civil Engineering of Basic Civil Engineering

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The correct answer is (c) 6

The explanation: The different forms of PRECIPITATION are rain (water drops with DIAMETER at least 0.5mm), snow (ice crystals/flakes with an average density of 0.1g/cm^3), DRIZZLE (water drops less than 0.5mm), glaze (rain touches GROUND at 0^oC), sleet (frozen raindrops) and hail (pellets or LUMPS of ice of >8mm size).



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