How is an inch of rain measured? Same goes for snow. 5 inches of snow? What’s the width, or height, or shape of this inch?
In: Earth Science
The length and width of the volume of rain you collect is dependent on the bucket you collect it with. The bigger the bucket you use, the wider and longer the amount of water you collect will be.
However, because the rate at which rain falls is roughly the same within an area, the height you measure after the rain stops will stay the same regardless of how large a bucket you use.
It’s kinda like a cake. No matter how big a slice you cut out of the cake, the height of your slice will stay roughly the same. (assuming thay your cake isnt like a layered wedding cake with weird shapes and protrusions)
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