Show RAINFALL VARIES FROM ZERO TO INCHES ANI ANNUALLY geologically the earth nat may be h divided into three sphere the th aute oute gaseous atmosphere the watery dro sphere and the rigid and b lithosphere water Is present present I 1 varying amounts everow everywhere here in n lower portion of 0 the atmosphere nearly everywhere in the outer era all ot of the the ahe earths atmos atmosphere phe re constitute cons timi slightly less than a millionth part 0 the earths whole mass but theral which falls from the atmo every century we weighs gs seven times mea i much as the air itself three of this rain falls back into th 1 I ocean even so the work of 0 the a mo sphere amounts to pouring all al Q water of the oceans over the I 1 lai one once e I 1 la n years nea nearly r IY t thre b fourths of this rainfall again vallo izes izea what remains flows back the tha sea in rivers in polar regions the snowfall resents from 8 to 15 inches of 0 will wat whereas on certain so southern ill h T slop of the himalayas the t rainfall 1 may as ma much ch as inch inches m a year yea r dry regions such as t the h e vast d deac e clr areas of north africa central As io r australla australia and along the coast i peru only a few inches of water precipitated annually among it u canary islands surrounded by wa wat are localities that have very uti ill rainfall for periods as longas long aa ahr tare years in duration the average rainfall for the unite states varies from 70 inches for t gulf coast and northwest racil pad coast region to 15 inches our it t great plains and less than 10 inch im lie in nevada arizona and s southeaster Oli theaster california dr G A thiel sity alty of minnesota t |