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What is moisture that falls to earth in the form of rain sleet or snow?

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The word "precipitation" covers all kinds of moisture which fall naturally on the earth (i.e. not by sprinklers, for example). Rain is the most common form of precipitation, but other forms include sleet, snow, hail and dew.
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