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ShareIn meteorology, precipitation is any form of water that falls from the sky as part of the weather to the ground.
This includes snow, rain, sleet, freezing rain, hail, and virga.
Precipitation is a major part of the hydrologic cycle, and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the planet.
For more information about the topic Precipitation (meteorology), read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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