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Definition of Pluvials

Pluvial
Pluvial Plu"vi*al, a. [L. pluvialis, fr. pluvia rain: cf. F. pluvial. See Plover.] 1. Of or pertaining to rain; rainy. [R.] 2. (Geol.) Produced by the action of rain.

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- However, pluvials, as in equatorial regions, can also occur during interglacial stages. No lower latitudes have experienced major pluvials in early to...
- A pluvial lake is a body of water that ac****ulated in a basin because of a greater moisture availability resulting from changes in temperature and/or...
- The Carnian pluvial episode (CPE), often called the Carnian pluvial event, was a period of major change in global climate that coincided with significant...
- The Abb****ia Pluvial was an extended wet and rainy period in the climate history of North Africa, lasting from c. 120,000 to 90,000 years ago. As such...
- monsoons, it is sometimes called tropical pluvial. Nivo-pluvial, with a nival peak in late spring and a pluvial peak in the fall. The main minimum is in...
- There is no systematic correspondence between pluvials to glacials, however. Moreover, regional pluvials do not correspond to each other globally. For...
- The Mousterian Pluvial is a mostly obsolete term for a prehistoric wet and rainy (pluvial) period in North Africa. It was described as beginning around...
- A cope (Latin: pluviale ("rain coat") or cappa ("cape")) is a liturgical long mantle or cloak, open at the front and fastened at the breast with a band...
- Now Pluvial is an EP released in October 2006 by the British band These New Puritans. It was released on Angular Records and the catalogue number is ARC016...
- African pluvial periods are an obsolete system of climatic periods previously used by paleontologists working in East Africa. The sedimentary deposits...