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FAST FACTS
Raindrops are not drop-shaped.
They are round when they
start falling from the sky...
The average depth
of rain across the whole
planet for 1 year is almost
39 in (1 m)—about the
height of a three-year-old
child. However, less rain
falls on land than over
the oceans: on land, the
average is 28 in (71.5cm).
... But they change to a shape
more like a hamburger bun as they
collect and absorb other droplets
on their way down to the ground.
Mount Everest’s summit
stands 29,029 ft (8,848 m)
Earth’s above sea level. It is the
yearly rainfall highest peak on Earth,
makes a sphere but not the tallest: that is
11 times the Mauna Kea, which is more
height of than 33,000 ft (10,000 m)
tall, but stands on the
Everest. seabed so rises only
13,800 ft (4,205 m)
above sea level.
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