CLIMATE 
HUNGARIAN PLAIN. 
(Czsihak, Phot. 
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Along the north-west coast_of Europe the rainfall is fairly heavy and 
pretty evenly distributed throughout the year, though slightly heavier 
in autumn or winter. Over the greater part of the mainland most rain, 
however, falls in summer, because hot air, rising from the land, creates 
an area of low atmospheric pressure, towards which winds will blow, 
öften bringing moisture with them, and this is condensed as soon as the 
heat causes the air to rise and cool by expansion. 
For statistical tables of the temperature and rainfall of various 
places, see pp. 21 and 23. 
QUESTIONS. 
1. Account for the difference in the amount and seasonal distribution of rainfall 
at Algiers, Bergen, and Moscow. 
2. Arrange the following in order according to their annual rainfall, putting the 
vainiest first, and giving reasons for your arrangement: (a) Brest, Odessa, 
Berne, Debreczin; (b) Glasgow, St. Petersburg, Christiania, Archangel: 
(c) Hamburg, Constantinople, Tromsoe, Budapest, 
3. How do you account for the heavy rainfall of Trieste and the slight rainfall of 
Astrakhan ? 
4. What is the annual rainfa'l >$ the-nlace vou live in, and which is generally the 
rainiest season “