Explore how environmental conditions affect the adaptation of birds in this simulation. The amount of annual precipitation on an island is controlled by you while you track changes in the thickness of bird beaks over a five-year period....

In this lab, students will learn to organize and present data in a visual way so that they can then summarize in writing their conclusions about the relationships between the data.

An entire unit regarding the wetlands of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Students can find comparisons or relationships between elevation, vegetation, soils, geologic formations, rainfall, pollution, public land use, coastal wetlands,...

See how having a record year of rainfall could affect our world, in both big ways and small.

Seasonal and regional average rainfall and temperature statistical information is given for Albania in this article.

Learn about Utah's environments, temperature, elevation, and rainfall.

A map from 1898 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean to Puerto Rico showing the general distribution of rainfall in the region. The map shows areas of little or no rainfall to areas of heavy rainfall. The map...

A map from 1910 of the west coast of North America showing general mean annual rainfall patterns and the effect of the prevailing Westerlies and Trade Winds off the Pacific on rainfall. The map shows arid regions, and areas of light,...

A map from 1901 showing mean annual rainfall in South America. The map shows the equatorial rain belt in July and in January, the direction of prevailing winds and their effect on rainfall patterns. The map shows regions ranging from...

A map from 1898 showing mean annual rainfall in South America. The map shows the equatorial rain belt in July and in January, the direction of prevailing winds and their effect on rainfall patterns. The map shows regions ranging from...

A 1916 map of South America, showing annual rainfall and prevailing winds. This map shows the wind direction of the Northeast Trades, the Atlantic and Pacific Southeast Trades, and the Westerlies, and shows their effect on rainfall...

A map from 1915 of Africa and Madagascar showing mean rainfall distribution throughout the region in July, given in inches of precipitation. The map is color-coded to show the areas of sparse, moderate, and heavy rainfall.

A map from 1915 of Australia showing mean rainfall distribution throughout the region in July, given in inches of precipitation. The map is color-coded to show the areas of sparse, moderate, and heavy rainfall.

A map from 1915 of Australia showing mean rainfall distribution throughout the region in January, given in inches of precipitation. The map is color-coded to show the areas of sparse, moderate, and heavy rainfall.

A map from 1916 of India, showing the mean annual rainfall distribution in the region, measured in inches, and keyed to show regions where rainfall ranges from under 10 inches over the year to over 160 inches.

A map of the western North America from 1910 showing the region along the Pacific coast northward from latitude 30 degrees N., and in the southern portion to the 100th Meridian. The map shows heavy rainfall where prevailing westerlies...

A map showing area precipitation and the direction and effects of wind currents on the African continent, including the desert regions in the trade wind and horse latitude belts, and the region of heavy rainfall in the belt of calms.

A map from 1910 of Africa showing area precipitation and the direction and effects of wind currents on the African continent, including the desert regions in the trade wind and horse latitude belts, and the region of heavy rainfall in...

A map from 1920 of Africa and Madagascar showing the mean annual rainfall distribution given in inches, seasonal variations in precipitation, and seasonal costal wind direction. The map is color-coded to show annual precipitation ranging...

Showing rainfall throughout Asia in January.

A map from 1920 showing the average annual rainfall in Asia.

Rainfall throughout North America in July.

Find out about the climate of Algiers, Algeria from this BBC Weather site where you will read about the climate regions, temperature variations, precipitation, and sunshine amounts. There is also a current 5-day forecast for Algiers.

This site defines precipitation, and uses diagrams to tell about relief, convectional, and frontal rainfall.