Consider the following statements:1. Most rainfall and snowfall in the mid-latitudes are formed by the ice-crystal process.2. The base of cirrus clouds invariably occurs at an altitude below 5000 m. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

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Precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull.

The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel and hail.


Consider the following statements:<br />1. Most rainfall and snowfall in the mid-latitudes are formed by the ice-crystal process.<br />2. The base of cirrus clouds invariably occurs at an altitude below 5000 m. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?






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