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Definition of Cloudbursts
1. cloudburst [n] - See also: cloudburst
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloudbursts
Literary usage of Cloudbursts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People by Thomas Wren, Lewis Publishing Company (1904)
"Then the cloudbursts are sources of destruction and trouble. ... cloudbursts
destroyed Eureka, for their force is irresistible, and acres of forests may be ..."
2. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1893)
"cloudbursts appeared to be associated with, or accompanied by, strong wind, but
waterspouts almost invariably occurred in calm weather, or with very light ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"There never was a forest there and in early days there were no cloudbursts, but
the discovery of rich mines led to the whole basin being tramped over and ..."
4. Water Resources, Present and Future Uses by Frederick Haynes Newell (1920)
"The cloudbursts of the deserts, and even of the more humid parts of the country,
are truly cloudbursts. For example, a strong desert dust whirl may rise ..."
5. The Realm of Nature: An Outline of Physiography by Hugh Robert Mill (1892)
"Waterspouts and cloudbursts.—The rapid condensation of water-vapour in the ...
On mountain slopes cloudbursts have been known to hollow out deep ravines in ..."
6. Our Country: West (1897)
"But the rain-storms are local, rarely covering more than a few hundred square
miles, and when they occur they are apt to come in the form of cloudbursts ..."
7. The Folly of Nations by Frederick Palmer (1921)
"There had always been cloudbursts and wars and there always would be cloudbursts
and wars. "You ask why?" put in the Soldier of Fortune. ..."
8. The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink by Harry Thomas Cory, William Phipps Blake (1915)
"In such desert country, where the rainfall is scant, that which does occur is
frequently in intense storms or in local cloudbursts. ..."
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