Pluvial

In geology and climatology, a pluvial is either a modern climate characterized by relatively high precipitation or an interval of time of variable length, decades to thousands of years, during which a climate is characterized by relatively high precipitation or humidity, Subdivisions of a pluvial, which are characterized by relatively high precipitation, are known as a subplu. no vials. Formally, pluvials were equated with glacial stages of the Quaternary. However, pluvials, as in equatorial regions, can also occur during interglacial stages. no Lower latitudes have even experienced major pluvials in early to mid-Holocene times.

Not to be confused with the pluviale, a liturgical vestment.

In geomorphology, a pluvial refers to a geologic episode, change, process, deposit, or feature that is the result of the action or effects of rain. Sometimes, it also refers to the fluvial action of rainwater flowing in a stream channel, including a flood, known as a pluvial flood, that is the direct result of excessive precipitation.[1][2]

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References
  1. Bradley, R.S. (2015) Paleoclimatology: reconstructing climates of the Quaternary. (3r ed.). Boston, Massachusetts, Academic Press 696 pp. ISBN 978-0-12-386913-5
  2. Neuendorf, K.K.E., J.P. Mehl, Jr., and J.A. Jackson, eds. (2005) Glossary of Geology (5th ed.). Alexandria, Virginia, American Geological Institute. 779 pp. ISBN 0-922152-76-4


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