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Do you know the meaning of...
Petrichor?
Pluvial?
A couple of my favourite words, but not my very favourite!!
Pluvial?
A couple of my favourite words, but not my very favourite!!
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I know the first one, but the second is a mystery. Sorry.
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Re: Do you know the meaning of...
No idea on either one. I'd have assumed the first was Russian or something.
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Re: Do you know the meaning of...
I learned the first one from Doctor Who.
I should look up a precise definition for the second one, but we use the word in my field to describe flooding that occurs a specific way. Some flooding is 'riverine' if it's a result of a stream overflowing it's banks. 'Pluvial' flooding happens during rain events when storm water runoff floods something on it's way to a stream or body of water either by just accumulating and "sheet flowing" overland, or by overwhelming local drainage infrastructure like storm sewers and ditches. We also have 'coastal' flooding caused by waves and storm surge during hurricanes or tropical storms.
I should look up a precise definition for the second one, but we use the word in my field to describe flooding that occurs a specific way. Some flooding is 'riverine' if it's a result of a stream overflowing it's banks. 'Pluvial' flooding happens during rain events when storm water runoff floods something on it's way to a stream or body of water either by just accumulating and "sheet flowing" overland, or by overwhelming local drainage infrastructure like storm sewers and ditches. We also have 'coastal' flooding caused by waves and storm surge during hurricanes or tropical storms.
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Re: Do you know the meaning of...
i've only ever heard the word pluvial the other one sounds like a rock pokemon you would get from a fossil.
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Re: Do you know the meaning of...
'PETRICHOR used COPROLITE THROW!
It's super effective! And gross!'
It's super effective! And gross!'
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you don't know pluvial but you knew coprolite. curious. very.....curious
(i googled it lol)
(i googled it lol)
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of course i know the name of a rock---------i'm earth kingdom all the way
like toph, and bumi, and the boulder (*showoffy hard-punchin kung-fu murder stance*)
like toph, and bumi, and the boulder (*showoffy hard-punchin kung-fu murder stance*)
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