As nouns the difference between rainfall and aridity
is that rainfall is (meteorology) the amount of rain that falls on a single occasion while aridity is a long term lack of rainfall or moisture.
rainfall
English
Noun
(meteorology) the amount of rain that falls on a single occasion
Derived terms
* effective rainfall
* excess rainfall
* excessive rainfall
* initial rainfall
* inversion of rainfall
* orographic rainfall
* point rainfall
* rainfall component
* rainfall distribution
* rainfall duration
* rainfall effectiveness
* rainfall excess
* rainfall frequency
* rainfall intensity
* rainfall intensity area curve
* rainfall intensity-duration curve
* rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curve
* rainfall intensity frequency
* rainfall intensity pattern
* rainfall intensity return period
* rainfall inversion
* rainfall loss
* rainfall rate
* rainfall regime
* rainfall station
* rate-of-rainfall gauge
* residual rainfall
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aridity
English
Noun
(aridities)
A long term lack of rainfall or moisture.
