noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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annual
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The average cheetah will change over the centuries, just like the mean annual rainfall changes.
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The annual rainfall is about 25 inches around Stanley, but decreases in the south and west of the islands.
average
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Did he know the average rainfall of the James River Valley?
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For the last two years, the city has received only half its average rainfall of four inches.
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The country has had 41 months of below average rainfall .
heavy
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Farming policy in Cumbria was greatly influenced by the heavy rainfall and the restrictions imposed by the National Park Regulations.
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This has not prevented overflow after heavy rainfall , however.
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And other triggers, such as very heavy rainfall , can create a sudden flow weeks or even months after an eruption.
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However, the heavy rainfall could make this an uncertain crop so dairying and sheep formed the main enterprises on most units.
high
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A long growing season is unlikely to occur in a high rainfall area or on ground above 600 feet.
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The red spruces and balsam firs that dominated the vegetation near the mountaintop thrived under high rainfall and cool temperatures.
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The disease is prevalent in temperate areas with high rainfall .
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Rates of weathering are potentially highest where temperatures are high and rainfall is abundant.
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A difficulty in answering the question is that previous studies have generally looked at conifers in upland areas with high rainfall .
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Three years later Martinstown, Dorset, had the highest amount of rainfall ever recorded in 24 hours, 11 inches.
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Bee-keeping can be a profit-making project, although in areas of high rainfall , results can be disappointing.
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This is done by finding areas of high rainfall and parishes with high sheep populations.
low
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Except in regions of very low rainfall April should be regarded as the safest month for sowing herbage seeds.
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Here, low winter rainfall and dry summers for two successive years have caused record low water levels in wells.
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This land is mainly low-lying, of strong soil, low rainfall , and has a long, warm growing season.
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The desert environment is characterised by very low and unpredictable rainfall .
normal
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The area between the Tay and Forth experienced less than 10 percent of normal rainfall .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Below-normal rainfall has led to a major water shortage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although the increase in rainfall would aid irrigation, it would add to the problems of soil erosion and nutrient leaching.
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Except in regions of very low rainfall April should be regarded as the safest month for sowing herbage seeds.
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For a number of years after 1865, a long humid cycle brought uninterrupted above-average rainfall to the plains.
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From remote rural areas came evidence of continuing decline because of increased acidity of rainfall .
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In fact, many of the occasional desert rainfalls are very light and incapable of any serious erosion.
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Most other areas in the county reported rainfall of a quarter-inch to a half-inch.
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The teens and 1920s, in particular, were years of extraordinary and consistent rainfall .
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We drove through pastures big enough to have their own rainfall pattern.