Book 13. (1 results) Explorers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 6 | 585 | This air is heated and rises in its turn. |
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Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 6 | 582 | This heating of the View more quotes about surface">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. |
| 6 | 586 | When the warm air reaches the upper atmosphere, well above the reflecting, heated surface of the earth, it cools; as it cools, its moisture is precipitated as rain. |
| 6 | 587 | This is, of course, a cycle. |
| 6 | 588 | It is responsible for the incredible rains of the Gorean equatorial interior. |
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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.
When the warm air reaches the upper atmosphere, well above the reflecting, heated surface of the earth, it cools; as it cools, its moisture is precipitated as rain.
This is, of course, a cycle.
It is responsible for the incredible rains of the Gorean equatorial interior.
- (Explorers of Gor)