- In
geology and climatology, a
pluvial is
either a
modern climate characterized by
relatively high
precipitation or an
interval of time of
variable length...
- A
pluvial lake is a body of
water that ac****ulated in a
basin because of a
greater moisture availability resulting from
changes in
temperature and/or...
- The
Carnian pluvial episode (CPE),
often called the
Carnian pluvial event, was a
period of
major change in
global climate that
coincided with significant...
- The Abb****ia
Pluvial was an
extended wet and
rainy period in the
climate history of
North Africa,
lasting from c. 120,000 to 90,000
years ago. As such...
- monsoons, it is
sometimes called tropical pluvial. Nivo-
pluvial, with a
nival peak in late
spring and a
pluvial peak in the fall. The main
minimum is in...
-
terms glacial and interglacial, the
terms pluvial and
interpluvial are in use (Latin: pluvia, rain). A
pluvial is a
warmer period of
increased rainfall;...
-
coincide with the
Minchin pluvial.
Sedimentation rates in the main
Altiplano lake were much less than
during the
Tauca pluvial. The name "Lake Minchin"...
-
Pleistocene paleolake in the
Great Basin of
western North America. It was a
pluvial lake that
formed in
response to an
increase in
precipitation and a decrease...
- A cope (Latin:
pluviale ("rain coat") or
cappa ("cape")) is a
liturgical long
mantle or cloak, open at the
front and
fastened at the
breast with a band...
-
Rainforests are
forests characterized by a
closed and
continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the
presence of
epiphytes and
lianas and the...
