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CLIMATE may be defined as that peculiar state of the atmosphere in regard to heat, moisture, and rainfall which prevails in any particular place, together with its meteorological conditions generally, in so far as these influence animal and vegetable life. The diversified characters which climate displays may be referred chiefly to the combined operation of these four different causes, viz., distance from the equator, height above the sea, distance from the sea, and prevailing winds.
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The Rainfall of the British Islands 1 . Nature 33, 353–355 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/033353a0
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