Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Isohyets

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Source - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/weather/ianfergusson/2010/06/formula-one-weather-forecast-c-1.shtml

Isohyets are simply the lines that are joining points of equal rainfall or precipitation on a map in a given period. In the map above it shows the isohyets throughout the United States. The pattern that is shown in this map is that rainfall or precipitation happens mostly in the inland of the country. 

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