Book 13. (1 results) Explorers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 6 | 582 | This heating of the View more quotes about surface">surface causes warm air to rise. |
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Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 6 | 579 | The reason for the great amount of rain in the equatorial regions is, I suppose, clear to all. |
| 6 | 580 | At the equator the sun's rays are most direct. |
| 6 | 581 | This creates greater surface heat than oblique rays would. |
| 6 | 582 | This heating of the surface causes warm air to rise. |
| 6 | 583 | The rising of the warm air leaves a vacuum, so to speak, or, better, an area of less pressure or density in the atmosphere. |
| 6 | 584 | Into this less dense area, this "hole," so to speak, cooler air pours, like invisible liquid, from both the north and south. |
| 6 | 585 | This air is heated and rises in its turn. |
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The reason for the great amount of rain in the equatorial regions is, I suppose, clear to all.
At the equator the sun's rays are most direct.
This creates greater surface heat than oblique rays would.
This heating of the surface causes warm air to rise.
The rising of the warm air leaves a vacuum, so to speak, or, better, an area of less pressure or density in the atmosphere.
Into this less dense area, this "hole," so to speak, cooler air pours, like invisible liquid, from both the north and south.
This air is heated and rises in its turn.
- (Explorers of Gor)