Interesting Facts Of Rain You Should Know
As we know, countries in the tropical area are called tropical region because of have high rainfall. In this post, we will discuss the facts of this natural phenomena due to too many people still do not know the facts. Lots of stories, myths, and inspirations come from rain. Actually, the droplets of water that come down from the sky contain many amazing things. The following are 11 interesting facts about rain you should know.
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- The average speed of falling rainwater is only 8-10 km/hour.
- Waterfalls to Earth at low speeds because the raindrop has a special shape that enhances the effects of atmospheric friction effects that help rain down to earth at a lower speed. If the shape of the raindrop is different or the atmosphere has no frictional, the earth will face the destruction of every rain.
- The minimum rain cloud height is 1,200 meters.
- The effects that caused by one drop of rain falling from that height is equal to a 1 kg object that falls from a height of 15 cm.
- Rain clouds can be found at an altitude of 10,000 meters.
- In one second, approximately 16 million tons of water evaporates from the earth.
- This amount is equal to the amount of water that comes down to earth in one second. Within a year, it is estimated that this number will reach 505x1012 tons. The water continues to rotate in a balanced cycle based on dosage.
- The raindrops change shape hundreds of times every second.
- If the raindrops are frozen, it will form beautiful crystal chips that unlike the ordinary water that is freezing in the freezer.
- After the rain, the soil, weeds, and grass will give off a distinctive scent. This compound is called Petrichor.
- The last fact is the most mysterious and shocking scientist. Rain has the ability to hypnotize humans to resonance the past memories without being able to get scientific proof. The scientists can only conclude that in the rain, there is a song that can only be heard by those who miss.
