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CONSIDERABLE attention has been directed recently to the subject of the orographical distribution of rainfall, and results obtained in different places are liable to lead to general deductions, not only independent, if not quite contradictory, but also, on the face of them, improbable. We may instance an alleged connection between Indian monsoon intensity and the extent of local water surfaces, and also M. Mathias' cartographical demonstration that the increase of precipitation with altitude is directly dependent on the latitude, at any rate in France. Mr. Carle Salter's lecture to the Institution of Water Engineers on the relation of rainfall to configuration gave little ground for suspecting either of these possibilities.
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B., W. Effect of Topography on Precipitation in Japan. Nature 105, 599–600 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105599b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/105599b0